Yes to Claire and DP Synder -- this has crossed yet another red line. I had hoped that this issue would have resulted in the combining of all genders into one category instead of switching between the traditional two. The idea that all men are biologically stronger is a myth. Societal constraints that have long handicapped women are beginning to breakdown. More girls are training in the same way and at the same age as boys with the result being a more even playing field. Women no longer have to deal with "modesty" issues or with using "women's" equipment which is deliberately inferior in its quality and performance (especially golf here). The largest obstacle is misogynistic and transphobic men who will do anything to keep people other than cisgender men from beating them in competition. It will take at least a few more generations to get to fully integrated sports. Perhaps naively, I believe we will eventually get there.
Do you think transwomen who have been through male puberty have no advantage over female athletes? The evidence of male superiority in sports in regards to women is incontrovertible. Why don't you address this issue? Because the number of TW athletes is so small? (The number of TW in women's sports is growing exponentially.) Or you don't want to have to address the reality that males are stronger, faster, etc in almost every category of sport compared to females? It is entirely legitimate for women to be concerned and alarmed at the prospect of biological males taking our trophies, scholarships, records, etc.
Yes to Claire and DP Synder -- this has crossed yet another red line. I had hoped that this issue would have resulted in the combining of all genders into one category instead of switching between the traditional two. The idea that all men are biologically stronger is a myth. Societal constraints that have long handicapped women are beginning to breakdown. More girls are training in the same way and at the same age as boys with the result being a more even playing field. Women no longer have to deal with "modesty" issues or with using "women's" equipment which is deliberately inferior in its quality and performance (especially golf here). The largest obstacle is misogynistic and transphobic men who will do anything to keep people other than cisgender men from beating them in competition. It will take at least a few more generations to get to fully integrated sports. Perhaps naively, I believe we will eventually get there.
Do you think transwomen who have been through male puberty have no advantage over female athletes? The evidence of male superiority in sports in regards to women is incontrovertible. Why don't you address this issue? Because the number of TW athletes is so small? (The number of TW in women's sports is growing exponentially.) Or you don't want to have to address the reality that males are stronger, faster, etc in almost every category of sport compared to females? It is entirely legitimate for women to be concerned and alarmed at the prospect of biological males taking our trophies, scholarships, records, etc.
This is the creepiest information that has come my way in a while, and that's saying something. Thank you for writing about it.