So, I've had moments in the past where I might have spent 30 seconds thinking about this subject but ultimately I don't give a fuck about competitive sports so my analysis usually ends up being, all competitive sports should be banned because competitive sports are dumb. Which is admittedly a neanderthal take.

But yeah, now the global athletic showdown is going down and seemingly everyone in my immediate vicinity keeps clutching their pearls and I guess I'm sick of not being able to advocate for trans comrades appropriately and articulate a proper response.

So what's a better response besides, "who cares?" Am I missing something? Like, if all things were equitable, what would or should competitions look like?

Help me out. I honestly have no idea.

  • D61 [any]
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    4 months ago

    First question is going to be, for Professional Sports, when has this happened?

    "When has an openly transgender athlete permanently sat at the number 1 spot with such a wide margin that they were unchallengable, making 100's of millions of dollars in winnings and endorsements as well as being known as worldwide celebrity? I'll wait while you look that up."

    The I'd wait to die of old age.

    For non-professional sports, I'd default to "Why care?"

    Why would having a girl on a boys basketball team be a problem? Can she play? Can she make the cut? Pretty sure in middle/high school sports most places only have so many spots to fill with potential players so there's tryouts and anybody who can't meet some minimum standard doesn't get picked.

    Shit, why is it that in middle/high school the girls were only allowed to play softball instead of baseball. Not even saying that the girls needed to be allowed on the boys team, just why the fuck do the girls not get to play baseball, even if its just among the girls?

    I'd imagine that the girl who wants to play on the football team as a linebacker, isn't going to be some 110 pound waif. And I've seem some pretty tiny waif-like dudes play as quarterbacks in high school games that usually got at least one broken bone a year every year they played and nobody denied them that constant abuse because they were too physically "effeminate" to take a hit.