Transwomen in sports is unfair!
Transwomen in sports is unfair!
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BlueFocus

Original Poster:

399 posts

56 months

Wednesday 29th September 2021
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/58732146

Well that was obvious !!

For those on here that put inclusiveness above fairness governing bodies appear to disagree.

An open category would see males competing against other males which seems much fairer.

ScotHill

3,884 posts

132 months

Wednesday 29th September 2021
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Oh I don't know, I used to really like watching Trans World Sport on a Saturday morning.

RobbieTheTruth

2,817 posts

142 months

Wednesday 29th September 2021
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Who were those people on here who wanted Laurel Hubbard to compete in female weightlifting who couldn't actually bring themselves to say thay actually thought it was fair so they said 'they's let experts decide and agree with that decision'.

Do those people now want transwomen removed from female sports?

hyphen

26,262 posts

113 months

Wednesday 29th September 2021
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It's a UK body, so whilst very welcome, not an indication that there will be change. As that would need to be internationally done by the international boards.

anonymous-user

77 months

Wednesday 29th September 2021
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“ Competitive fairness cannot be reconciled with self-identification into the female category in gender-affected sport.”

No st Sherlock

PorkRind

3,053 posts

228 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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Men v men = ok.
Fem v fem = ok.
Any gender messing it should be the m to f change vs men to fem.and vise versa
Never should an ex man fight a real.woman.

The end.

andyA700

3,452 posts

60 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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It is soobvious it shouldn't even have to be said. Any male person playing against females is going to have an unfair advantage. Around 15,000 males have run faster than the women's marathon record. The US women's number one ranked football squad was beaten by an U15 college boys team in 2015.
It has taken ages for women to be allowed to play sports at a competitive level and now these idiots are trying to ruin it for them.
Here is an example. From mediocrity to national champion in a matter of months.

https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/2018/03/a-level-p...

andyA700

3,452 posts

60 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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PorkRind said:
Men v men = ok.
Fem v fem = ok.
Any gender messing it should be the m to f change vs men to fem.and vise versa
Never should an ex man fight a real.woman.

The end.
Simple as that - correct.

Pastor Of Muppets

3,800 posts

85 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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andyA700 said:
PorkRind said:
Men v men = ok.
Fem v fem = ok.
Any gender messing it should be the m to f change vs men to fem.and vise versa
Never should an ex man fight a real.woman.

The end.
Simple as that - correct.
Couldn't agree more.

ZedLeg

12,278 posts

131 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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Except it's not so black and white is it?

The report states what I and others said in previous threads. There has to be a balance between fairness and equality, it'll be up to the individual sporting bodies to figure out where the line is.

anonymoususer

7,925 posts

71 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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Might make 3 pages but once certain posters rock up its finished

aka_kerrly

12,498 posts

233 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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ZedLeg said:
Except it's not so black and white is it?

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Is it? we have the Olympics for all male and female competitors who are able bodied , the Paralympics for those with disabilities where there are specific categories in order to allow fair competition so why not just have a Translmpics so only blokes identifying as women compete against other blokes who identify as women.


survivalist

6,105 posts

213 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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ZedLeg said:
Except it's not so black and white is it?

The report states what I and others said in previous threads. There has to be a balance between fairness and equality, it'll be up to the individual sporting bodies to figure out where the line is.
Well, it is in terms of the thread title. The report is saying that often fairness and inclusion cannot co-exist. In most cases you need to choose one, so by being inclusive you are not being fair.

That's not to say we shouldn't be inclusive, we should just be honest with ourselves about what that means.

InitialDave

14,354 posts

142 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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ZedLeg said:
Except it's not so black and white is it?

The report states what I and others said in previous threads. There has to be a balance between fairness and equality, it'll be up to the individual sporting bodies to figure out where the line is.
My opinion remains that for physical sports, there probably is a performance advantage for a trans woman over a non trans woman at a nominally similar level etc.

So likely better if the classes accounted for that.

But this absolutely must not be at the expense a general acceptance of and equality for trans people.

This thread will go completely to st, though, just like all the others.

ZedLeg

12,278 posts

131 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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InitialDave said:
ZedLeg said:
Except it's not so black and white is it?

The report states what I and others said in previous threads. There has to be a balance between fairness and equality, it'll be up to the individual sporting bodies to figure out where the line is.
My opinion remains that for physical sports, there probably is a performance advantage for a trans woman over a non trans woman at a nominally similar level etc.

So likely better if the classes accounted for that.

But this absolutely must not be at the expense a general acceptance of and equality for trans people.

This thread will go completely to st, though, just like all the others.
Aye, I've said my bit and am going to try and stay out of it now.

Google [bot]

6,828 posts

204 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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ZedLeg said:
Aye, I've said my bit and am going to try and stay out of it now.

ChocolateFrog

34,954 posts

196 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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Seems like we're starting to get some row back from the view, oh you're trans, do whatever you want.

The fact someone even had to have a conversation before saying no, ex men can't play against female rugby players shows the level of delusion. Kind of like having to be told seat belts save lives, but I guess even that took a while to sink in for some.

Women's sport has been saved for a little while longer.

Dagnir

2,116 posts

186 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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This is typical of the insane political discourse of our times


We literally have people arguing against scientific fact as if that's a valid position.


We have so normalised lying that we have the media and politicians trying to tell us that a protest involving burning buildings, millions of pounds of damage and explosive is a peaceful one.


Don't believe your eyes or rational fact....believe what we say even though the entire world knows we're wrong/lying.


Men have cervixes.


It can't be said enough - we're living in an absolute clown world.

anonymous-user

77 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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InitialDave said:
My opinion remains that for physical sports, there probably is a performance advantage for a trans woman over a non trans woman at a nominally similar level etc.

So likely better if the classes accounted for that.

But this absolutely must not be at the expense a general acceptance of and equality for trans people.

This thread will go completely to st, though, just like all the others.
“Probably a advantage “ ?

Are women “ non transwomen “ now ? Lol


Richard-390a0

3,279 posts

114 months

Thursday 30th September 2021
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ScotHill said:
Oh I don't know, I used to really like watching Trans World Sport on a Saturday morning.
roflroflrofl