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  I feel like we're throwing logic out of the window in favor of inclusivity. I support trans rights and people but it's literally fact that biological males have a physical advantage over biological females. 
  It honestly makes me angry as a woman that womens spaces can be taken over by people with advantages over them and when they speak out, they are called transphobes.
context: I just want a robot body so that I can beat all of the humans at sports. >
  
  I want robot ears so I can like techno >
  
  How did he see me? >
  
  r/unexpectedgrandmasboy >
  
  That's the deadest sub I think I've ever seen >
  
  5 members. 5 online. 
  We did it! >
  
  Make me a mod! >
  
  Are there any trans women competing in men's sports? >
  
  Just so I don't offend or fuck this up, trans women are the ones that used to be a man and now identify as a woman?
  If that's the case not long ago there was a swimmer that entered into the women's and beat all of them like a dolphin would beat humans in general. >
  
  Yeah I may have it backwards.  Not too familiar with this transgender thing, but hey, you do you.  Life is too short, find your happiness wherever you can. >
  
  NCAA leadership says the stated goal in policy making is “not if transgender athletes are included, but how.”
  Men’s - In most sports is the Open category; anyone and everyone can participate.
  Seems pretty self explanatory.
  Edit: Please don’t give me any awards, if you’re going to spend money anyways then please donate it to help underprivileged children play sports in your city or something. o/ >
  
  Yeah, I don't get why they're willfully ignoring that the nuance of biological differences only working one way in competitive sports >
  
  Yeah, I’ve had friend literally deny that there are differences between the sexes. I remind them that even within the “gendered” sports, we create categories to protect or improve competition. Boxing is a good example of individuals being further categorized in order to make things fair. No one seems to be up in arms about that. >
  
  It starts in children's media and goes from there. My HS gf was a junior olympic taekwondo athlete and did jujitsu as well. I played football and was nothing special athletically besides being 6'2 and her being 5'3".  
  Well we decided to wrestle/roughhouse because that's a fun excuse to touch each other but also we were both competitive.
  Well anyways. It was completely one sided. I had never been in a fight or wrestled or anything besides football and some track and field but it was almost a joke how easy it was to win or pin. And we eventually allowed her to kick and hit using her taekwondo but it didn't make a difference. Just weathered one or two blows getting close then hugged and sat on her.  She was very surprised and a little shaken by that but we both learned how much difference a foot of height and 100lbs made. >
  
  I was having a debate with a female friend who was rather athletic because she was victim shaming a rape victim saying she should easily have gotten away from the guy et. The guy was about my size so I grabbed her and pinned her in about 3 seconds. Knowing the victim was smaller and less athletic than her, she shut up. >
  
  Where do you you all live that people need to conduct experiments to understand that a foot of height and one hundred pounds of weight make a big fucking difference lol >
  
  The average human being greatly over estimates how capable they are in a fight. This includes women. >
  
  Can confirm. I'm 6'1" and for a long time thought I was very capable; I'm not. Hard lesson, but 3", 40lbs and some real training taught me better. >
  
  I got in my first real fist fight with someone about a foot taller than me. Learned real quick that reach is real. >
  
  This may sound a little cold, but we can't do everything in life. I want to be an NBA player but wasn't born with the body to accommodate that dream. >
  
  Have you ever thought about trying out for the WNBA? >
  
  They would still kick my ass. >
  
  I think part of the problem lies in the relationship between universities and sports and its worth re-examining. What is the purported role sports are supposed to play at the university level? What are they supposed to be doing for the students? Is it supposed to be a career stepping stone? A place for personal development and gratification? Butts in stadium seats? If the main concern is that a trans woman is potentially "stealing" a spot from a cis woman, what structural changes can be made to ensure that both students feel like they are getting what they need from their institutions? prohibiting trans athletes obviously disproportionately impacts one side, and there is at least insecurity on the part of some cis athletes that the integrity of the sport for them is at risk, and asking them to tough it out generates some understandable qualms and controversies. Is it necessary perhaps to develop a parallel league for these sports so that the cis gendered athletes feel their concerns are addressed and they still have the opportunity to get the professional and personal development they are enrolled in the school for, and the students in the NCAA continue to get what they are looking for as part of their university experience? Or is that just segregation? Does the issue merit more observation before anything should be done? Does it impact so few people that it's not even worth addressing? >
  
  
  If the main concern is that a trans woman is potentially "stealing" a spot from a cis woman, what structural changes can be made to ensure that both students feel like they are getting what they need from their institutions?
  
  I think the major concern there is scholarships. >
  
  Feels like a problem that would be addressed with more affordable or subsidized tuition. >
  
  If we agree that there are separate men's and women's divisions in athletics because men's bodies provide a general inherent advantage.
  How can we not agree that people born with men's bodies shouldn't be competing in the women's divisions?
  I don't get it. I get wanting to be non-discriminatory and accepting of people's gender identities, but we also need to accept that there are certain realities that prevent this from happening in every situation. >
  
  This question is bigger than transgender athletes. They still have to make rules to decide on people like Semenya.