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With the recent issues of transgender people in sports, why don’t we move some sports over to a weight-class system? (midwest.social)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Obviously this won’t work for all sports, but things like football, track, soccer, it would allow for de-gendered team, even allowing athletes with the skills but not the genetically-endowed physical attributes to have a place to play.

Note: I know very little about sports and being on a sports team, so please point out anything that doesn’t make sense.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oh, nice to know that girl who beat me (in the same weight class) at wrestling was cuz her sexual organs weren't working properly.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

We're talking about testosterone in blood not wrestling abilities. A 300lb woman will beat an 110lb man in wrestling. Doesn't mean she has higher T.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Amazing how one can dismiss another's personal experience by simply insisting a different scenario happened.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

What personal experience am I dismissing? Please explain. I'm talking about human anatomy. The organ that produces testosterone are the testicles. Ovaries produce a token amount.

We are talking about T % in blood. Not personal experiences.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Bro, don't pretend you know what a woman's T levels are if you never met them.

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