I can't stand how everyone who questions whether Lia Thomas' participation is fair is knee-jerk labeled a "transphobe."
Believe it or not, it is possible to question the fairness of her participating alongside women who underwent estrogen dominant puberty and development, and not be a transphobe.
I can't stand how everyone who questions whether Lia Thomas' participation is fair is knee-jerk labeled a "transphobe."
Believe it or not, it is possible to question the fairness of her participating alongside women who underwent estrogen dominant puberty and development, and not be a transphobe.
Do you question whether or not it's fair for Michael Phelps with his physical advantages to compete with less physically gifted male swimmers? Do you question the fairness of 7 foot tall basketball players competing in the NBA alongside 6'4 and under players? In sports there is always is a talent differential.
I can't stand how everyone who questions whether Lia Thomas' participation is fair is knee-jerk labeled a "transphobe."
Believe it or not, it is possible to question the fairness of her participating alongside women who underwent estrogen dominant puberty and development, and not be a transphobe.
Do you question whether or not it's fair for Michael Phelps with his physical advantages to compete with less physically gifted male swimmers? Do you question the fairness of 7 foot tall basketball players competing in the NBA alongside 6'4 and under players? In sports there is always is a talent differential.
My God, you must really have drunk the Kool-Aid to believe that someone who spent 20 years developing as a biological male is somehow on par with biological females after a single year of testosterone suppression.
I can't stand how everyone who questions whether Lia Thomas' participation is fair is knee-jerk labeled a "transphobe."
Believe it or not, it is possible to question the fairness of her participating alongside women who underwent estrogen dominant puberty and development, and not be a transphobe.
Do you question whether or not it's fair for Michael Phelps with his physical advantages to compete with less physically gifted male swimmers? Do you question the fairness of 7 foot tall basketball players competing in the NBA alongside 6'4 and under players? In sports there is always is a talent differential.
But not a gender differential. How would you feel about Phelps or LeBron competing against women?
Any man who thinks beating his sister in some sport needs help, that guy needs help.
I have three older sisters, by the time I was 14 I could whip the gang in wrestling and did (all in fun) Men have no business competing vs women, simply common sense,
Do you question whether or not it's fair for Michael Phelps with his physical advantages to compete with less physically gifted male swimmers? Do you question the fairness of 7 foot tall basketball players competing in the NBA alongside 6'4 and under players? In sports there is always is a talent differential.
But not a gender differential. How would you feel about Phelps or LeBron competing against women?
But not a gender differential. How would you feel about Phelps or LeBron competing against women?
Gender is a social construct.
I'll give you that.
But biological sex is not. And it has very real and marked effects on athletic performance. One year of testosterone blockers does not undo 2 decades of biological sex.
Do you question whether or not it's fair for Michael Phelps with his physical advantages to compete with less physically gifted male swimmers? Do you question the fairness of 7 foot tall basketball players competing in the NBA alongside 6'4 and under players? In sports there is always is a talent differential.
But not a gender differential. How would you feel about Phelps or LeBron competing against women?
If they sincerely identified as women I would has no problem with it.
I can't stand how everyone who questions whether Lia Thomas' participation is fair is knee-jerk labeled a "transphobe."
Believe it or not, it is possible to question the fairness of her participating alongside women who underwent estrogen dominant puberty and development, and not be a transphobe.
Do you question whether or not it's fair for Michael Phelps with his physical advantages to compete with less physically gifted male swimmers? Do you question the fairness of 7 foot tall basketball players competing in the NBA alongside 6'4 and under players? In sports there is always is a talent differential.
You are either a very dedicated troll or a complete lunatic. Either way, I'm sure your parents are very proud.
If I completed as a woman, I would have broken the world records for 800m, 1500m, and 5000m by the time I was 17 years old.
any 17 year old boy completing at the national level in boys competition, IN ANY SPORT, could be the best female in the world in that sport
men, even boys, have massive advantages over women in sport
Hormone treatments were effective for both Semenya and Eastwood in significantly decreasing performance. You could have run as-is in HS, but you would have been ineligible to receive a scholarship.
I can't stand how everyone who questions whether Lia Thomas' participation is fair is knee-jerk labeled a "transphobe."
Believe it or not, it is possible to question the fairness of her participating alongside women who underwent estrogen dominant puberty and development, and not be a transphobe.
I don't think there are many people who are "questioning" Lia Thomas' participation. Most people have already made up their minds, and they insist young women should sacrifice their college swimming careers to make some point about a rule that will soon change after this season.
Your NCAA eligibility doesn't reset when you change your gender. I believe Thomas is a 4th year senior so this is the end of eligibility.
Next up is total domination of the women in the summer Olympics.
Thomas is not eligible under the newly released USA Swimming rule. She cannot enter any US trial that selects Olympic or world team.
Well even better.
Imagine you are a girl wjo was born a girl and you spent thousands of hours swimming to make the US Olympic. You and your family gave up their weekends and made huge financial sacrifices so you could compete against the very best females and make the team. Then a 21-22 year old "female" who was a dude a year or so ago shows up and smokes you and takes your spot on the team. Then if you do ANYTHING other than say congrats and she deserved it, you will be labelled a bigot and transphobic by absolute lunatics like Bartholomew Maxwell.
Sorry but its over. No one is buying it. It is not some heroic civil rights crusade but a pathetic sideshow pandering to narcissistism where we are all supposed to deny or rationalize away fundamental biological differences or pretend it is no different than one player being taller than another as opposed to being categorically unfair.
But biological sex is not. And it has very real and marked effects on athletic performance. One year of testosterone blockers does not undo 2 decades of biological sex.
Correct. If those blockers worked, Thomas would be the #462 ranked swimmer, not #1. The evidence is irrefutable.