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I’m not agreeing with this legislation but it does say “bigger, stronger, faster on average”
That's true. But "on average" in circumstances like this is meaningless; "on average," a person is male. But I think we can agree that some women do exist.
On average, a person is female.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/737923/us-population-by-gender/#:~:text=Projection%20estimates%20calculated%20using%20the,US%20Census%20data%20for%202021.
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It’s not meaningless, we have a quantifiable metric and we average it. Men are stronger than women on average
It's not meaningless, but not meaningful enough for a legislative definition of sex. The law must be consistently applicable to people who aren't "average".
It's meaningless in terms of legislation and enforcement.