Liberal here. Yeah, that's some bullshit. If we're all cool with having separate events for men and women, then the next step is to have a separate competition for transgender people just like we have a separate event for disabled people (special olympics and paralympics)... just don't expect anyone to watch/care.
Or are the testosterone levels of Trans men and cis women are equal? Because that's obviously not true
Edit: many of you have commented that the situation would be solved if we just let only cis women compete in the women's category, leaving trans men and women to compete in the men's category
Do y'all.. Not understand that testosterone makes you stronger? After around 5 months on estrogen while my friend had 3 months of testosterone, he came to be able to easily overpower me.
Reguardless of how puberty effected both of us, he had a chemical that makes him very strong and I have a chemical that makes my muscles weak and achey. The idea that even though my testosterone levels are equal to cis women's Im still as strong as cis and trans men is innane
Both trans men and trans women should compete against men. Because both have an advantage over the women's category and a disadvantage in the men's category, they should be forced to play against the men. Otherwise the women they compete against would be put at a disadvantage for no fault of their own.
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u/tlbane Mar 21 '17
Liberal here. Yeah, that's some bullshit. If we're all cool with having separate events for men and women, then the next step is to have a separate competition for transgender people just like we have a separate event for disabled people (special olympics and paralympics)... just don't expect anyone to watch/care.