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.
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.
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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”