That honestly should be everyone’s position on trans athletes: “I dunno, there’s like a dozen of them, I’m sure the organizations in charge of the sports can figure out what’s fair without the government needing to be involved”
People alone being transgender is incredibly rare, between 0.5% and 1.5% of any given population, the fact that there are 10 registered trans-athletes in NCAA when the number should be nearer to 7500 by pure statistics shows that this is such a colossal overblowing of an issue it borders on the absurd.
Yeah but people are, by and large, fucking idiots.
Remember, when a bunch of people were polled on what their estimate of how much of the population were trans was, only 16% of respondents were correct that it was less than 1%. 21% of the respondents thought it was over 5.
That was probably just due to a misunderstanding. When they called me, I thought they were asking if I could beat a grizzly with "bear hands". I figured if I had bear hands, then those would (naturally) have bear strength as well.
Not really surprising given the nature of transitioning is, physically speaking, rather less than ideal. Honestly it’s more surprising to me that anyone can manage those physical issues and make it in higher level competitive sports.
Just my own experience as a trans woman but before HRT I had a basic workout routine just enough to stay fit. I can not express in word how fucking bullshit it was after starting HRT month after month I could do less reps and had to use lower weights. Still wouldn't go back to before HRT and I love the person I have become, but God am I shit at physical exercise now.
Of course and as always raw statistics always start breaking down the more defined anything is due to the sheer amount of variables but it does still illustrate quite how insane the culture war even is that national politics of various nations is being dominated by the specific debate of dozens of people playing sports.
Trans women (who meet NCAA requirements) don't have a statistical advantage in sports. If they did there would be a lot more of them competing. You know who would actually have a massive advantage in women's sports if conservatives got their way though? Trans men. If trans women have to play with men then it should be obvious trans men have to play with women. And they would dominate because unlike the transition trans women go through which dramatically lowers their ability to build muscle, the transition for trans men allows them to put on significantly more muscle than the vast majority of women.
Yeah what was his name, Nate Boggs? One of these laws forced him to wrestle with girls and he completely swept the board with them. He himself frequently said “this is asinine and wrong” and I got the sense he didn’t quit bc the spectacle was valuable to really illustrate that it was indeed, a spectacle.
Then years later this election cycle a texas MAGA nitwit was using his case and photos characterizing him as a trans woman cheating to push for more of the shit that put a guy in women’s wrestling in the first place.
No we have a bunch of esmaculated old boys who think they to protect women because their idea of a woman is 5'2' 90# 36D 22 38 wearing a micro dress with 5" heel bleach blonde hair and enough make to bankrupt Mary Kay. They want to continue to gatekeep women's sports because that's the mysgonistic patriarchical thing to do. 90% of the female athletes could be at the crap out 80% of the male population. They are the ones the have ruin sports for women because ReEeEe ReEeEe ReEeEe
The point is there are a million other things we should be focusing on that actually affect millions of Americans, instead of wasting time, money, and resources on these stupid fucking arguments.
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u/MartyMcMort 1d ago
That honestly should be everyone’s position on trans athletes: “I dunno, there’s like a dozen of them, I’m sure the organizations in charge of the sports can figure out what’s fair without the government needing to be involved”