How many actually get out beyond their keyboard and do something not just for sport but for their community and are in any way promoting sport or exercise.
I am involved in sports. I am also a parent of a daughter who is playing community sports. So, yes. I have a direct concern about this and my daughter's sporting future. What does this matter though? Or can a person only work to make things better for others if they are themselves are 'involved'? That is a ridiculous point to make.
The issue isn’t with sport and women being removed by trans participation
This IS an issue of females being put into dangerous situations and not being able to say anything without being labelled as hateful. This IS an issue of females missing out on sporting opportunities due to the inclusion of MALES. Males who can play sport with other MALES. Transwomen are not being excluded from sport, they should be included in the sports for their own sex and not competing against females.
There hasn’t been any real studies shown with regards to trans participation in sport
There is enough studies to show how the benefits of male puberty are not reversed enough to be fair, to be safe. And there are more and more coming through each year. Besides which, why weren't there studies done to prove there is no competitive advantage and no danger to women BEFORE inclusion?
and there are few that actually win
This statement is constantly used. However, a) it is still unfair competitively and dangerous whether they win or not and b) it takes the position of a girl or woman who could be there competing and playing. And girls and women need all the encouragement they can get to be in sport as there is still a sexism battle to be won.
Why do you want to make it even harder, why do you advocate anything that will discourage girls and women in any way?
Transwomen should be encouraged to compete with the sex they are and if they feel they are disadvantaged, create their own teams and competition.
Perhaps it’s not an issue of trans but of being tall if the alleged trans competitor in cycling wasn’t tall would that even matter ?
This is another false equivalence. A 'tall' women will still not have the same benefits of male puberty that a MALE does. A whole team of tall women who train harder than any male at the same level will be unlikely to beat a male at the same level of fitness and expertise. And there is always outliers. And yes, body types do influence sporting outcomes. Of course they do. But it is never fair that a tall woman should have to compete against a male because she's 'tall' so should have a natural advantage.
boysvswomen.com
This site highlights the discrepancy very clearly. If you are determined to never acknowledge the differences, nothing anyone ever comes up with will dissuade you though.
I saw a post on here yesterday about female head trauma in contact sports 🏈 well in that case stop all contact sports tell Katie Taylor she can’t box anymore or Ronda Rousey that she can’t do MMA anymore or stop children from competing in TaeKwonDo as you want them in cotton wool.
Sporting bodies aim to make their sports as safe as possible for women to compete. Your tone is almost identical to the trope being constantly rolled out. It is very tired and has been debunked again by experts. Studies have proven (even the military study with transwomen being assessed over time) that MALES are faster, they are also stronger, they have many advantages that make even transwomen who have lowered their testosterone for several years.
This combination means that women will always be at higher risk when males, however they identify, however much they have lowered their testosterone, are playing contact sport. There are plenty of anecdotal evidence that this is already an issue, but women cannot speak of it for fear of being excluded from their teams.
Already, males playing rugby are experiencing dementia at a young age. This is a scandal unfolding. Studies have proven that women are even more susceptible, so in years to come this will be addressed. So, why would you continue to deny that this is an issue. The magic of reducing testosterone is simply not going to reduce this risk.
Please show us the evidence that it will.
oh. You can't? It isn't available? Well, we know it isn't because World Rugby has already been through this very thoroughly and included trans people in the discussion. Maybe you should read the presentations and how the sports scientists came to the conclusions they did.
Petition the organisers of the Tour De France to give the women’s race equal prize money and equal air time.
As an avid follower of the TdF, there is in fact a group of women who are working towards this now. They race the following day after the men to raise awareness.
But I doubt you will do that as that’s a battle your not interested in.
Only someone ignoring the fact this is a parenting forum would say this. Many on this thread are sporting women in their own right. And many have daughters playing sport.
So, again. Feel free to point your finger of shame at us while we continue to work to secure our daughter's sporting opportunities as well as our own.
To repeat: it is unfair for male who have benefitted from male puberty (studies are also showing that there are benefits for males even before puberty!!) to compete with females. And it is dangerous. It is NOT excluding them from playing sport, it is excluding them from female sports. Just as an able bodied person should not compete in the Paralympics. Just as an adult should not compete with the under 12's.