Is that a serious question? We women have very different anatomies from men from pelvic structure to shoulder width to body fat composition and distribution to chest to waist to hip ratio to breast to buttocks ratio and what not. Our smaller shoulders and arm lengths are a disadvantage in archery and shooting.
We have breasts that come in the way. Menstruating women have period cramps that bring days of the month down for us. Pregnant lactating mothers have breast pain because of unsqueezed milk buildup in their breasts. Sometimes these breasts accidentally ooze milk right while we are taking aim. Also imagine if you get your period right at the moment of shooting. These are problems male men like Caster Semenya don’t have.
Also Caster Semenya most likely fathered Semenya’s two children with his wife Violet Rasaboya. WA first went from a 10 nmol T limit to 5 nmol and now to 2.5 nmol along with the requirement of maintaining T levels below limit since the earlier of Tanner stage 2 of puberty or the age of 12. XY men like Semenya and Chand blah blah bellow bellow hollow. Semenya grew up playing with boys and brags and laughs demoniacally about it in interviews. Somehow all this has something to do with trans participation in shooting sports.
But in response to your original question about archery and shooting, we women have breasts that come in the way. Menstruating women have period cramps that bring days of the month down for us. Pregnant lactating mothers have breast pain because of unsqueezed milk buildup in their breasts. Sometimes these breasts accidentally ooze milk right while we are taking aim. Also imagine if you get your period right at the moment of shooting. These are problems male men like Caster Semenya don’t have.
Seb Coe has made a move in the right direction. I’m chuffed at the recent WA rules as the British might say.
Martina got called a transphobe for saying that trans women make a mockery of women's sports. To my mind she is correct, and that has nothing to do with being transphobic. I want trans people to live their best lives. That doesn't include infringing on the rights of other people. Competing as a M to F in women's sports is not fair to the women. F to M competitors in men's sports is unfair to the men in the skill-based sports like archery or shooting, but it doesn't pose a direct physical threat to the other competitors in the way that M to F competitors in rugby or boxing does.
Lia has acted like a jerk in every story I've seen on her. She fails the 'basic human decency' test, which makes me Lia-phobic.
That's probably the way it should be. Unfortunately, when you are a parent and you hear about your state (Washington) pushing SB5599 which basically permits officials to shelter children who want to get puberty blockers or surgical procedures without consulting the parents, you end up hearing a lot more about it than you want.
Yeah, she's not transphobic...not at all. You are not either (not based on what you said there anyway). What if Shaquille O'Neal decided he was now a transgender female and did all the hormone therapy needed? He's still 7'1" tall. That doesn't go away.
What Lia said, and was correct about, is that the people who are rallying against transpeople are showcasing a form of transphobia. You can't say, "I support transgender rights, except for the right to play sports unless they do it the way I tell them is okay." Any statement that is structured, "I support you, but..." is not showing full support.
INCORRECT!
Try this as a "but" that is COMPLETELY appropriate. "I support your right to own guns, BUT, I don't support you killing innocent people with them."
People born male have NO BUSINESS competing in women's sports. It is unfair and potentially dangerous.
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