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Something I've been thinking about:
Tall people have a biological advantage in certain sports, like basketball. That means they should be banned, right? Just based on the same logic (that biological advantages are unfair) then what's the difference?
Dutch people should be banned from playing basketball.
There are only two things I can't stand in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures. And The Dutch.
But seriously though, weirdly, I don't think the dutch are big basketball players. I can't think of a single Dutchman currrently in the NBA.
I was joking with my other comment, but in some sports they solved this by having people only compete with others in their (weight) class. If this wasn't about appression, this would be the obvious proposal to abolish gendered sports.
dude it's not sexist to acknowledge that women are physically outclassed by men (in most sports; maybe there are some rare exceptions). That's why they have their own teams/leagues.
https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00615.2024
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37772882/
I would argue it’s sexist to ignore this fact and that women are usually at a disadvantage in physical confrontations/altercations with men.
edit: oh, of course, it’s lemmy.ml with another comment completely divorced from reality.