I detest Tulsi Gabbard. I think she's a fraud, a poser, an opportunist and would never vote for her. However, and it pains me to say this, in this case, she's correct.
In a well intended effort to be supportive of anyone with a different view, with an alternative lifestyle, with gender dysphoria, to appease peoples feelings and choices, to make people comfortable, to be politically correct, we can not, and should not, go off the deep end into nonscientific territory which then dictates social policy.
We want things to be equal right? Having biological males compete in sports, especially certain sports, against biological females...is not "equal". There are biological differences between those born within one context and the other. That is just a fact. It goes beyond appearances, attire, mannerisms and hormones. There are other factors beyond just testosterone and estrogen. There are structural differences, bone density, wider shoulders which can help with leverage, hand strength, and a plethora of other examples. If you think about contact sports like boxing, judo, wrestling, etc...a 5' 5", 125 pound female is not the same as a 5' 5", 125 pound male. You allow, or force, transgender women into competing with biological females and the latter will quite possibly never win any competition, ever again. The same applies to certain strength competitions (powerlifting, weightlifting, etc) as well. I'm talking about the junior high level, through high school, college, the Olympics, professional...all levels. Its simply not fair to biological women to expect us to do this. The effort to empower trans women can not be done where biological women have to sacrifice their own athletic hopes and dreams, in an unfair competitive structure. Its simply not right. And yes, I am aware there are rare examples of a female winning over a male, and this could apply to a trans female as well, but those examples are an aberration.
Wanting to allow and embrace equality, true equality, egalitarianism, can not come at the cost of one demographic having an advantage over another. Equality, in this case, means allowing equal "opportunity" for anyone with athletic aspirations to seek those out, to enter into them and to compete on a fair and balanced footing. I support people being who they are. I support the trans community. I also support women's abilities to try to achieve what they desire on a equal playing field. If it needs to be, have multiple sporting events, male against male, female against female, and an "open" event, or create a league or teams or whatever for the trans community. I don't know how or what, or the details of creating this scenario, its not something I've ever much considered, but I do know that political correctness can not overrule biology, science and facts. That is not a step forward.
Term limits anyone?
This cartoon from the 1930s shows not much has changed in this regard.
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Oddly specific.
Greek walkway.
Elliðaey Island, Iceland. I'd live there. :)
This guy...love how he gives himself awards...named after himself. :)
I'd do that. :)
Jordan: Belgian Malinoises.
Kontent Kitty. :)
We’ve learned not everybody fits exactly into a world of binary genders, and we’re doing much to accommodate the,.
ReplyDeleteBut the sports world is rather binary. So Tulsi is right.
Regarding the wedding dress comment: One of my ex sisters-in-law, a tall, buxom blonde, was married in an attractive second-hand dress during the summer. For Halloween, she marked it with a bid of red and became the “bloody bride”. A great and simple costume.
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I've never had an issue with 2nd hand clothing, or discounted, or rentals, or borrowed or anything else. Its nuts how much some people spend on weddings.
DeleteTotally agree. But lots of nuance even amongst biological females. I'm not sure Venus Williams is even the same species as me, for example! (I meant that in a good way). But you need to draw the line somewhere. To not offend the people who take issue with using female words to apply only to biological women, perhaps just call it the XX games? Oh wait... that's close to something else... oh well!
ReplyDeleteThe thing that's odd is, on a personal level, I sort of think competition is stupid. People should "compete" to improve themselves, but beyond that, I have no use for it. Still, two wrongs don't make a right. There has to be a better method than what's being pushed/proposed by so many.
DeleteAn all too rare voice of sanity...there are physical advantages in sporting competition and denying it exists will only hurt women's sports in the long run....imagine how much a "Michelle" Jordan would have dominated the WNBA...
ReplyDeleteI personally don't think that I could win in any competition with a woman but I never claimed to be much of a man!!!
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You? You're an International Champion...in Tongue Calisthenics. :)
ReplyDeleteThere is NOTHING right about Tulsi Gabbard. She's a bigot, anti LGBTQ and a fraud. And no, she isn't right about this, either. Trans women have competed for years, in the Olympics and elsewhere. They don't always win... or even often win... because the effects of HRT after six months eliminate those so called physical advantages.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with your stance on HRT eliminating other physical advantages...but support your right to your opinion. :)
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