this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2024
58 points (100.0% liked)
Science
12952 readers
42 users here now
Studies, research findings, and interesting tidbits from the ever-expanding scientific world.
Subcommunities on Beehaw:
Be sure to also check out these other Fediverse science communities:
This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
So where do we draw the line in sports?
I don't know. Sports conventions are not science. When I see the history of things being banned or allowed, it doesn't always make sense. Then we have stuff like weight categories. Anyway, that's beside the scope of this particular discussion.
We draw the line by weight classes and/or muscle mass, not by what's in person's pants. It doesn't have to be just 2 categories or the same categories for every sport, either.
Why should we have to?
There is literally no reason for sex segregation in sports
Chess has 2 devisions women's and everyone why all top chess players male then? Most basketball has he same arrangement why only men in best teams why no women?
That's a joke, right? Sorry if I'm missing sarcasm here
Patriarchy, toxic masculinity, misogyny and ego, men don't want to be beat by women or other genders.
No need to use a slur. Say careless or misremembering instead.
I should have the right to refer to myself however i want. Insert the same argument about bodily self autonomy here.
This is not the same. This is like shouting a slur on a bus. Even if you aimed it at yourself, it can still cause harm to those around you.
It's almost like the current sports categories are also a social construct
So why no women at heigh levels in the open divisions.