MTF Transpeople To Compete With Women At Rio Olympics

Steampunk said:
You may want to treat men and woman equally, socially, financially, etc, but the reality is that men and woman can still be different, even though they can be equal. One of those different factors is sheer physical strength and stamina. Put a male and female boxer in the ring, and no one would expect the woman to win. A surgically altered male is still genetically a male, with all the physical advantages.

I expect that gender segregation in sports will have to go by genetic make up, rather than whatever the paperwork or surgical/chemical alterations imply.
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Well she'd be lacking the main advantage of being male....testosterone.

For example no woman is ever going to take the record for the sprint.

Because it was set before mandatory drug testing.


So the lady who achived it was very very likley enjoying the benifits that men do from testosterone.
 
I hope space travel isn't to far off, I can't wait to get off this planet and leave all it's ridiculousness behind.

I hope female athletes boycott the, Olympics and make it known why.
 
Don't really care too much.
All sorts of genetic advantages and disadvantages

Don't really know the solution. I understand both sides
And the campaign for equal rights.

Is only sport though. Not the end of the world
 
413x said:
Is only sport though. Not the end of the world
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Those that are not getting equal rights think it is the end of the world. I've never understood this equal rights. People aren't equal in this world, it has never been equal and it never will be.
 
V F said:
Those that are not getting equal rights think it is the end of the world. I've never understood this equal rights. People aren't equal in this world, it has never been equal and it never will be.
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Especially not in sport
You have advantages for running being from some countries etc etc
Male:female is probably the easiest. But as society progresses this is getting muddied too
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
Most sports are split into male and female.
No matter how a transgender person sees themselves, they are not female from a sporting pov.
If they want equality, then a subgender of transgender would be the equality, to compete on a level field against similar people.
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this... if they want to be treated as real women in most other situations then fine but they do have to accept in some circumstances that they're not actually real women and sports is one of those - someone born a man who has chosen to identify as a woman shouldn't be competing against actual women - though perhaps there should be a transexual category at the paralympics so they can still be included
 
If this is to happen then women should be allowed to alter themselves with drugs/surgery/whatever in order to compete.
 
The bigger hands are going to be an advantage in judo and wrestling also. The extra grip transexuals will get won't make it a fair contest.
 
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