Obviously this won’t work for all sports, but things like football, track, soccer, it would allow for de-gendered team, even allowing athletes with the skills but not the genetically-endowed physical attributes to have a place to play.

Note: I know very little about sports and being on a sports team, so please point out anything that doesn’t make sense.

  • Bear
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    605 months ago

    Because a man tends to be stronger, faster, and more athletic than a woman of the same weight. It won’t work for football, track, or soccer.

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        You sure? I cannot find records adjusted to weight, but the male record is ~2:01h and the female 2:17h

        Edit: Why is there a cake next to my name? It cannot be that I am on lemmy for a whole year already? Fuck.

        • @berryjam
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          Yeah, you should have an egg next to your name :P

          • @Emerald
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            why an egg? Would it be to represent the disorientation of suddenly realizing you have been on Lemmy for a whole year? Like how an animal may be disorientated when seeing the light of the world for the first time.

            • @[email protected]
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              65 months ago

              Menemen is a delicious Turkish breakfast dish made of eggs, tomato, paprika and some other stuff. I think that was the allusion.

      • @[email protected]
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        Testosterone also increases red blood cell count, so even male endurance athletes have an advantage. Look at Tigst Assefa who holds the women’s World record for a marathon at 2:11, she’s 120 lbs, the top 5 male marathon runners are all at 120 lbs too and run 10 minutes faster.

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      Shouldn’t a woman and a man with the same height, weight, and body-muscle percentage be basically identical in terms of athleticism or am I wrong?

      • @Everythingispenguins
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        Nope, testosterone is a hell of a drug. There is a reason women dope with it.

          • @Everythingispenguins
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            All a drug is a chemical substance when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect.

            Hormones are just naturally produced chemical substance. As soon as you dope with it is becomes a drug.

      • @ikidd
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        Skeletal structure and muscle connection make a huge difference in leverage and speed.

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        35 months ago

        To add to other replies I also think that its much harder for women to develop muscles. (Just what I think I observed, coukd be wrong)

        • @UnderpantsWeevil
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          “Explosive upper body strength” specifically. Men have wider shoulders and more chest/back/shoulder muscles.

          Women have to work twice as hard for half the results.

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      Get rid of gendered sports. Next, legalize steroids for women; keep them illegal for men. Solves part of the problem, but I have no idea how trans people would fit into this scenario, though.