Wading into this a little late after missing a bunch but I have a question.
Why do we need to identify sports by gender in the first place? Why do we need a women's champion and a men's champion? Does this not further force people to conform to the gender roles that we are trying to get rid of in schools?
Any man, woman or transgender person can compete in any sport. All sports will be segregated according only by skill level (or whatever other arbitrary category is used be it height, weight, hair color etc.).
Perhaps this will only lead to sports being categorized by biological definitions and the same argument will take place, I don't know. What I do know is that when we are talking about competitive sports with money and prestige on the line any and all advantages will be exploited. I very much doubt some rec league boy will join the girls team to crush spikes down on his female opponent but an athlete who is dealing with 10s of thousands or even 100s of thousands or millions will take that advantage no doubt.
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