Like I mentioned above, life isn't always fair, but compounding the issue by adding more unfairness isn't the solution.
The MAGA credo: Never let facts get in the way of a good story.
I have problems as well. My anticipation is that, in the long run , either there won't be a lot of satisfaction to winning if it's clear that there is a big advantage or that contests will become men, women and open categories with winning the open events holding the real prestige. It's a mental game, so not exactly the same although the attitudes were similar about who could do what, but that's what happened in bridge 20 or 30 years ago.
So I suppose then that you support the elimination of Title IX altogether? It is very demonstrable that Title IX has eliminated exponentially more collegiate opportunities for young men than the transgender issue will over the next 100 years or so.
Without getting into details and derailing the thread, I'm not a huge fan of Title IX, but I get, to a point, why it's good that it exists.
I’ll say it again…Riley Gaines owes everything to tying for fifth in that race. Where would she be without it?
Amen to that. The instant lottery in today's society is to be aggrieved in the eyes of the MAGA crowd. Trump continues to demonstrate it daily.
We wouldn't be having the discussion about taking opportunities from women AT ALL if Title IX didn't exist. Those opportunities would have never come into existence. Young girls grow up playing sports now because of Title IX.
i genuinely feel sorry for people like this. sex is about so much more than penetration.
My wife and I involved our kids in youth sports knowing there was a 90+% chance they wouldn't ever play beyond high school but, again, I understand, especially in public universities, that there should be a requirement to offer girls sports. I don't think there should be a 1:1 requirement, but anything less would likely be viewed as discriminatory, so it is what it is.
Should we regularly test for steroid use among all athletes? I mean, if your’re concerned about a perceived unfair advantage that boys have over girls because of size and strength, shouldn’t you be concerned that some people within a sex are cheating? Maybe we should have tiers of sports based on physical size the same way we do for HS based on enrollment.
So true, I mean look at Brittney Griner, her height was a clear advantage, who should that small group of tall girls have an advantage in sports that favor tall people?
I think we should take reasonable steps to keep males out of female sports because males have an unfair physical advantage.
I remember a few ZZL threads about holding boys back in Kindergarten so they would be a year older than most of the kids in their class and the primary rationale was about having an advantage in sports a decade later.
Yes, that was popular in Texas from what I've read.
So a relatively rare unfair physical advantage is a concern, but widespread use of performance enhancing substances conferring an obvious benefit is a trivial matter?
Probably ought to outlaw all private coaching, weight lifting classes and such as well. It's not fair to those who can't afford time. And if RFK, Jr doesn't regulate food for everybody, who's going to make sure athletes get the same nutrients so everything is fair.
No strawmanning allowed.