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I am a competitive powerlifter in the USAPL and this is a very controversial topic currently. The USAPL is the largest powerlifting federation in the US, so this is being watched by many- including politicians who champion for transgender fairness/equality.
Olympic track and field star Allyson Felix joined a chorus of recent criticism against Nike on Wednesday, accusing the US sporting goods giant of penalizing female athletes who took time off to have a child.
"They told stories we athletes know are true, but have been too scared to tell publicly: If we have children, we risk pay cuts from our sponsors during pregnancy and afterward," Felix wrote in the Times.
However Felix said that when she requested guarantees that she would not be penalized if she performed below her best "in the months surrounding childbirth," Nike baulked.
If my teenage daughter was competing against a teenage boy undergoing hormone therapy I'm not sure I'd consider that a fair competition. I consider that a good faith question that has to do with biology, not "transphobic resentment."
"Mentally and physically, we know the outcome before the race even starts,” said Smith, who is the daughter of former Major League pitcher Lee Smith. “That biological unfairness doesn’t go away because of what someone believes about gender identity. All girls deserve the chance to compete on a level playing field.”
If legislators have any sense (which seems rarer and rarer these days), they will simply create a third category for the races: Men, Women, and Trans. That way, the trans kids can still compete, but the physical inequality is removed in fairness to the female runners. Letting the situation continue status quo is grossly unfair, but not letting the trans compete isn't fair, either. Give them their own category. That's basically what they ask for in most other areas, so just go ahead and do it here.
That's too much like separate but equal and is a slap in the face of trans-athletes. If a person identifies as female and you tell them they cannot participate in female sports, you are pretty much telling them they are not female.
Physiologically, they aren't. That's just the reality of life.
This is by no means for everyone. I know many biological females who are much stronger and faster than many biological males.
I'd be willing to bet that any female athlete could smoke me on a track, lift more than me, you name it, I have no doubt they would outperform me. That doesn't mean that I don't have natural, physiological advantages that they can never possess. Put us on a level playing field, with the same amount of training, the large majority of them wouldn't stand a chance.I know many biological females who are much stronger and faster than many biological males.
Does the individual have a uterus?This is by no means for everyone.
Sure. We all know them. However, in sports competition, individuals are matched as close as possible to their physiological and skill equals. That's why fighting sports, for example, have weight classes that differ by 5 lbs. of body weight.I know many biological females who are much stronger and faster than many biological males.