LogFAQs > #937311464

ssjevot is right in that an ideal world that we would break down sporta competitions based around more specific physical characteristics than simply gender. It is something that is already done in combat sports, by disaggregating by weight clas. to create more equitable competitive environments. If they didn't the there would only be heavyweight champions.

The problem is that there most sports can only be logistically disaggregated so far and be sustainable. I mean could we get ideal competition if we further divided out our competition levels by bone density or testosterone levels? Probably. But is that logistically feasible? Probably not. I mean even at a professional level they can only support the gender-divided leagues and even then those are hardly equitable. Dividing them up more would just create a bunch of sub-leagues that largely wouldn't gain attention or support.

The same issue applies at school levels. There are only so many facilities, available coaches, and students. Which means you can only disaggregate so far.

For the most part, gender-divided sports is a reasonable dividing point that creates mostly equitable and logistically-feasible leagues. The difficulty is that there is still a lot of learning as to how to incorporate athletes who are not cis-gendered in a way that is both fair and not demeaning.

I'm of the opinion that they should allow transitioned athletes compete in the league of their identified gender and see how it plays out. Then tweak it from there. I do not think making a sweeping ban is the right move.


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