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Originally Posted by Sliver
I guess it's not really fair that smaller men are at a disadvantage when it comes to competing in men's hockey or football or basketball. So guess what...they don't play past a certain level because we can't all do everything. Their physiology sort of self-polices them out of the running.
Sometimes the hand we are dealt prevents us from achieving our dreams and goals. Shortest guy currently in the NBA is 5'11". If you're 5'10" or under (70% of men on earth), you are never going to play in the NBA.
Maybe if you are MtoF trans you are not going to be able to play in women's leagues. I agree it isn't fair to the trans athlete. I don't know how to make it fair to them.
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So I think you just posted the solution to the problem that doesn’t exist. Let trans athletes compete with the gender they identify with outside of all but elite sports. The vast majority of trans athletes will not get past a certain level because their physiology self polices them out of the running. You don’t need to ban people from leagues.
When it comes to elite sports and the reasoning behind protected classes governing bodies can deal with this from a standpoint of inclusivity. Most have gone to HRT + testosterone threshold but the testosterone threshold also can exclude Cis athletes and for some reason people object when that happens.
Whether someone is better than your daughter because she is genetically gifted with superior female chromosomes or male chromosomes doesn’t matter.