• @teslasaur
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    -107 hours ago

    Nobody is forcing anyone. But saying they can’t play badminton because they are trans is false.

    • Natanox
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      37 hours ago

      Oh, right! They can just stop doing what they love! I’m sorry, my empathy-riddled ass didn’t think about this obvious solution.

      • @teslasaur
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        7 hours ago

        No? They can play with the boys. Changing rooms can be arranged. Why is it important for a trans-girl who went through male puberty to play with girls that are smaller and physically weaker?

        I should probably clarify that i mean compete in competitions, dont care in the slightest who or how they want to practice. That’s just fair.

        • ObliviousEnlightenment
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          12 hours ago

          Its important for the same reason gays and leabians want proper marriages and not just civil unions. There is social legitamacy that comes from inclusion. I have also never seen a single study actually backing up this unfair advantage narrative.

          Meanwhile, the WNBA has an average player height of 6’1" against the average womans height of 5’4". But noone complains about a cis woman whos 6 foot having an unfair advantage. Meanwhile even cis women get caught in the crossfire, see Imane Khalif who could be executed in her home country for being trans. She’s not, but one salty boxer and a fraudulent Russian report gave her all sorts of shit and put her life in danger.

        • Flying Squid
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          23 hours ago

          How would you propose women prove they are not trans and can thus play on the women’s team?

          • @teslasaur
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            2 hours ago

            I’m not qualified to answer that. I assume a doctor might be able to answer.

            But not having a dick is a start.

            • Flying Squid
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              12 hours ago

              And how would you like these women to prove they don’t have a dick?

              • @teslasaur
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                02 hours ago

                Don’t you think they know if they do or don’t?

                • Flying Squid
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                  12 hours ago

                  So this is just a “circle one: do you have a penis Y/N” thing on a form and as long as they choose N, they can be on the women’s team?

                  • @teslasaur
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                    22 hours ago

                    Wouldn’t really prove anything, but if they lied there would be evidence? Are you stupid?

        • Natanox
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          66 hours ago

          I see, so it’s an information problem.

          Trans girls are not stronger than other girls. Any increased muscle mass vanishes with hormone therapy as the testosterone supporting it goes away. Likewise the body remodels stuff like cartilages as all of this is influenced by hormones. That’s why Olympia goes so overboard with hormone tests, even forcing cis-women to do invasive measures to reduce their natural testosterone levels.

          The only difference caused by puberty that are irreversible are:

          • How thick bones are & how they formed
          • How you sound
          • Where you grow how much hair

          And of those three ONLY the first can be of any value in any argument. And definitely not for badminton. Uninformed bullshit arguments cause WAY more problems for cis-women in sports than they could ever solve. There’s nothing fair about that way of arguing.

          • @teslasaur
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            -16 hours ago

            Trans girls are not stronger than other girls. Any increased muscle mass vanishes with hormone therapy as the testosterone supporting it goes away.

            Yeah, but then you’d need rules for checking that too.

            And of those three ONLY the first can be of any value

            Yes, and one is enough for making competitions unfair.

            • Natanox
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              36 hours ago

              Those rules are already in place, professional sports require trans athletes to receive treatment in a controlled environment to make sure it’s all fair. Hell, they check literally every athlete for Olympia or other big tournaments. And if you can prove that thicker bones than average give you an unfair advantage in some way go ahead and tell the professionals who literally look into this very topic the whole fucking time. In Badminton thicker bones are even worse because they potentially slow you down a tiny bit. And advantages due to size are a normal problem to deal with in sports and no trans-specific issue, just look at Basketball. Until there are proper arguments this whole discussion is just evidence for either transphobia or lack of knowledge, nothing more.

              • ObliviousEnlightenment
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                12 hours ago

                Thanks for bringing up the bone point. Something noone seems to acknowledge in this argument is that anything that couldnt be changed would come with just as many disadvantages as advantages. Even then, you can make things fair without outright bans. Discuss is co ed but womens are half the weight, an argument they themselves used

              • @teslasaur
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                -46 hours ago

                Those rules are already in place, professional sports require trans athletes to receive treatment in a controlled environment to make sure it’s all fair.

                Wrong, most sports don’t. Most countries don’t. Most countries doesn’t acknowledge that being trans is even a real condition.

                I saw a documentary of the olympic “spot checks” for potential men competing with women. It’s a shit show. They knocked on the doors at the hotels and asked them to show what’s between their legs. I guess it’s something, but kind of “ad hoc” and likely more undignified than it needs to be.

                • Natanox
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                  24 hours ago

                  Wrong, most sports don’t. Most countries don’t. Most countries doesn’t acknowledge that being trans is even a real condition.

                  You literally invalidate your own argument instantly. Countries that do not acknowledge trans people exist obviously do also not allow them to sports, therefore not doing anything that would even remotely resemble an attempt at fair treatment.

                  And yes, the current “tests” are more often than not a shitshow. That’s literally what I pointed out before, cis-women also suffer from this nonsense. However international tournament still do them in one way or another in a really bad attempt at doing something.

                  I’ve got enough of this bullshit. If you keep being a transphobic prick (“men competing with women”) that prefers the “if in doubt, throw them out” method then we’ve nothing to say to each other. You evidently preferred to show everyone you’re a real dick.

                  • @teslasaur
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                    -23 hours ago

                    Wrong again. They would be allowed to compete with men. As that is the open class.