DonFerrari said:
sundin13 said:
First of all, I think when having this discussion we have to first acknowledge that the question doesn't really matter. There's such a tiny portion of athletes who are both trans and top tier at their sport. You are talking about an issue that maybe impacts two people in the world, and the extent of it actually mattering is pretty low relative to other concerns.
That said, personally I think the issue revolves around the central unfairness of sports, because at the end of the day, sports aren't fair. It isn't fair to be almost 8ft tall and playing basketball next to other players who are under six feet. It isn't fair that some cis women have higher natural testosterone levels than other cis women. I agree that in some circumstances, being a trans woman competing against cis women gives you an unfair advantage, but at the end of the day, fairness shouldn't be the deciding factor, and without that argument I don't really see any objective footing to object from, but I'll gladly hear you make an argument if you would like to present one.
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Odd, I have read and heard constant discussion over the subject of trans in sports and at least in Brazil it made the news a lot of times.
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Yeah, its a flashpoint because a lot of people like to get really mad about sports, but it doesn't really matter. It seems like every time one of these stories comes up, all of the conservative pundits freak out about it and then that person loses and they go silent...
PS: Its kind of demeaning to refer to people simply as "trans". Its like saying "there are a bunch of blacks here". I don't know if people would take offense to it, but it just doesn't sound good haha.
