gazuty wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:35 pmRead a good article on women’s sport and how to solve this problem of humans who were born with a Y chromosome seeking to compete in sporting contests.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commen ... 936537f754
There should be two events. One for women and one open. As the name suggests open is open to all competitors. Women is restricted to persons born with two X chromosomes.
Think about why a seperate category of sport exists for women and the answer is straightforward.
There is no “unfairness” or exclusion in the open category. All are welcome.
Good idea on paper but I don't think it would work for a few reasons.
You would have transgender women complaining saying it was identifying them as not fully female which is I suppose is the whole point why most of them want to compete as women in the first place. Also would there be enough competitors for an open category and even if there was would anybody be bothered to watch it?
An open category would be a bit like "Mr Olympia" and "Mr Natural Olympia". As the title suggests Mr Natural Olympia is totally drugs free and the competitors get tested. The difference in size between the former and latter competitors can be really stark and as such nobody is that interested in Mr Natural. Would be a bit like having a "Natural Tour de France" & the normal Tour De France. Which one would people watch? The clean or the current juiced up version?