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In 100m freestyle, the mens world record is 5 full seconds faster than the women's.
Mens 8th place at the last Olympics was 3.6 seconds faster than the women's world record.
This isn't even close enough to consider ranking. There isn't a control mechanism like in golf where the tee position has moved.
I like this
Women's sports should exist. For sole purpose of woman hood and solidarity. They're loosing sight of that, and are stupidly focused on reasons that they "lost."
No trans woman performs at the highest level with no effort involved. Their hard work is just as valid as any one else's. So Yao Ming has a physiological advantage over every other man who plays the game. So what???
Edit: sorry yao
No straight male would be able to perform at the highest levels of female sports with no effort. The issue is that few, if any, women can compete at the highest levels with men regardless of how much effort they put in. So I'm not sure that it's a good argument that simply because a trans woman would still need to work to get there, that they should be allowed.
There are biological differences. I'm not taking a stand on whether or not trans female athletes should be able to compete with biological females. I've listened to a lot of discussions about this and there doesn't appear to be any good metric and so I'm on the fence with it.
Yao