Comment on Trans women should be allowed in sports, but with strict limitations
peto@lemm.ee 3 weeks agoI assume you mean something like weight classes in combat sports? No one expects a welterweight to fight a heavyweight. And the existence of either class doesn’t reduce the achievements of anyone not in it.
AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Let’s use combat sports, how would you measure “approximate physical ability” ?
If you just go by weight and don’t split the genders, biological women won’t stand a chance.
peto@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I don’t know. Weight alone is likely a poor measure, and one we see exploited in combat sports to the harm and even death of competators. Working that specifically out is a question for sports scientists I think, rather than basing it on the feelings and biases of spectators.
What I am talking about is the cultural acceptance of sectioned competition, and that it doesn’t reduce the achievements and glory of competators.
AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Basing the rules of your sports on
the feelings and biases of spectatorssounds wild.and is open for abuse, if most spectators want to disqualify a person because they don’t like them, they would be able to.