Leading Sprinter/Hurdler in NCAA Division 2 was a man who NOW IDENTIFIES as a Woman.

Runningart2004 wrote:

There is a simple solution.

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Well wait, is it really that simple? You can’t change how the hips are built and women have vastly different hips. This would affect gait and speed.

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In other words, there is no simple solution.

Runningart2004 wrote:

There is a simple solution. Hormone therapy needs to be complete before competing for the other gender. Then test T:E ratios. How hard is this to understand?

Well wait, is it really that simple? You can’t change how the hips are built and women have vastly different hips. This would affect gait and speed.

It would be be interesting to study the Q angle of collegiate or professional sprinters and distance runners and see how they are different compared to a normal population. My guess would be the Q angles are closer to that of men than a normal population of women. I could be wrong.

David Epstein covers this The Sports Gene, and your hunch is correct. There are male advantages in sports beyond testosterone, although that's a big one.

We all know that the fair solution is to eliminate categories. It is not allowed in housing or the job market or anywhere else even if there are differences in the sexes. So how can it be fair in athletics? More legaisticalitlly speaking, how can Title IX be legal if it requires a scholarship to go to an 18 year old woman while thousands of faster guys get nothing. That is an objective metric that no lawyer or judge could argue. How about the pay of pro sports? Men should be allowed to compete fairly for prize money or for a salary against women. If we look at a different occupation, sales, and find that women sell 10% more than men, should we adjust salaries for the men because we know that they are genetically inferior at selling?

Doctor wrote:

LoneStarXC wrote:

As a woman, I honestly find this terrifying. No matter how Telfer “identifies”, the fact is that, in athletics, men have an an advantage over women, in terms of bone structure, muscle, and VO2. If this trend of biological males competing as females is allowed to continue, it will kill off women’s sports.

A trans woman competing in Division 2 track and field "terrifies" you? Get a grip lady. Live one week of her life and you'll be begging to return to your little bubble of screaming about things online.

No doubt. However why does that give her rights to compete in athletics as a female?

Live her life? She is being worshipped by many idiots. She is winning championships. She gets to date a bunch of stupid girls who are enamored with her oddity. Many guys will be choosing that path in the near future.

Doctor wrote:

LoneStarXC wrote:

As a woman, I honestly find this terrifying. No matter how Telfer “identifies”, the fact is that, in athletics, men have an an advantage over women, in terms of bone structure, muscle, and VO2. If this trend of biological males competing as females is allowed to continue, it will kill off women’s sports.

A trans woman competing in Division 2 track and field "terrifies" you? Get a grip lady. Live one week of her life and you'll be begging to return to your little bubble of screaming about things online.

I wouldn’t want to live YOUR life

It's only a sport.

That sport is only track.

Women track.

Nobody in their right mind actually cares.

Let them have have a bit of fun trying to run as fast as they can.

It's happening everywhere ... transgender, universal bathrooms, unisex clothing, and now our urinals are being removed and we are being told we have to sit down when we pee.

The whole purpose of sex categorization is due to those born males having inherent advantages over those born female. If those born female are to continue in sports, those that aren’t can identify as whatever they want but have to compete with others born male. I imagine all sport bodies will have to deal with this, possibly some clarity will come from IAAF v Semenya.

What you are suggesting is that males, who have a distinct advantages over females in sports, be allowed to compete with them, effectively removing them from all pro sports and eliminating scholarship opportunities. Fair?

So those born men wouldn't have an advantage in any other sport? How would the NCAA justify giving those born males scholarships in track and not in say basketball?

Mal Odorous wrote:

TitleTen wrote:

This is great and exactly what the left wants. Everyone should be able to do whatever they want. How long until it is just track and not men's and women's track? We can get rid of all the Title 9 requirements and cut all the women's sports now and just have more opportunity for men!

Now back to reality. Anyone who thinks that biological men don't have an advantage, even after a year of transition therapy, is a willfully ignorant. Years of PED use will result in stronger bones, muscles and more. It seems peole are affraid to state the obvious due to the wrath of the left's identity politics and victim scale. Good luck with that.

How soon till universal bathrooms - even in America?

Universal bathrooms are basically the norm in most canadian cities.

Britain's (WOMEN'S) Olympics Gold medallist Sharon Davies asserts that MALES should be kept OUT of WOMEN'S Sport.

Personally though, I find the idea of creepy weirdo men masquerading as girls in the locker room quite DISGUSTING and I demand that the Sporting Authorities do something to protect us from them.

This forum needs more gender inclusive pronouns, people. Xe, xem, xyr, xyrs, xemself.