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Trans swimmer

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bringingonbackthegoodtimes · 09/01/2021 17:10

What would happen in the instance of a trans male swimmer and trunks?
Obviously I'm thinking at local club/amateur/hobby level not olympics as for reasons I doubt a trans man would be competing at that level.
But if we consider the female penis then we clearly acknowledge the male breast?
Am watching touch the wall on Netflix and it got me thinking

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CranberriesChoccyAgain · 10/01/2021 11:46

If biological males are allowed to go shirtless in certain places, it stands to reason that anyone identifying as male should too, if they choose? Otherwise it means they are not really accepted as males. If TW do not need to modify their body in any way to claim womanhood, neither should TM be lining up for double mastectomies.

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bringingonbackthegoodtimes · 09/01/2021 20:21

Wondering about other sports where this may throw up issues
Diving
Ballet
Boxing
Or just life really, whenever a bloke can go Shirtless so too can the blokey boobs

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TheGreatWave · 09/01/2021 19:58

Yes you can have a female penis which should be celebrated, but the pesky male breast needs to be hided away.

As old as time itself really.

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bringingonbackthegoodtimes · 09/01/2021 19:35

@ItsAllGoingToBeFine

I'm pretty sure Man Friday (?) tested that?
Oh yes I vaguely recall now.

I'm just increasingly becoming more and more agog at it all

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SirSamuelVimes · 09/01/2021 18:43

@ItsAllGoingToBeFine

I'm pretty sure Man Friday (?) tested that?
They did. They were seen as women and treated accordingly.

Funny how sexism still holds on in the face of self identification, ain't it?

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 09/01/2021 18:32

I'm pretty sure Man Friday (?) tested that?

ThatIsNotMyUsername · 09/01/2021 18:19

Yes. Funny that.

Melroses · 09/01/2021 17:16

According to the old swimming guidelines (now withdrawn? ) they would have been persuaded to cover their manly chests up.

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