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The development comes after a presentation to the International Olympic Committee by its medical chief, which highlighted the potential physical advantages of competing in women's sport after being born male.

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 31 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Weird how it's only about trans women and never trans men.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

They'll just force them to compete against women, then when a trans man wins, it'll be sold as "man pretending to be woman steals medals from women", then extend the whole trans ban.

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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 78 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Watch them ban transgender women and clowns like JK Rowling STILL accuse cis women in the Olympics of being trans

[–] BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca 34 points 2 days ago (21 children)

I mean they still say that about Imane Khelif so

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Welp, time for the Queer Olympics to become a thing again.

[–] webp@mander.xyz 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A competition of the fastest, strongest, sweatiest gays...

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

In the greek tradition we will bring back the kynodesme.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Zero downsides

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 46 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (13 children)

Just make the mens competition an "open" competition so that anybody can qualify if they can. A trans-woman competing in the "open" category would be no problem.

Other categories can then stay protected.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

'cause I know I feel welcome, and not completely othered and invalidated when I'm forced to play on a team that is otherwise entirely men, whom have athletic advantage over me

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Who said it would be entirely men? Chess had this format forever and any woman that had the ability to compete in the top level open tournaments was competing in them.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Who said it would be entirely men?

First hand experience

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[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

In many sports it already is

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We're only a matter of time from a sporting regime where it's just broadly "open" to a level bordering on chaos, and it's the only thing that is going to keep people watching.

The "should trans people compete" debate is going to be overshadowed by the "should people with extra hearts and enhanced organs be allowed to compete" debate.

The idea of "preserving fairness" in sports is wild when you think about it. Nothing about sports is "fair" you only succeed by getting an unfair advantage over your opponents, we just like to delude ourselves into thinking that because we set some kind of parameters around this capability to gain an advantage, that it's "fair."

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I get the giggles watching Anatoly prank videos. He plays a nerdy, Eastern European janitor, pushing a mop around the gym. He regularly astounds the much larger guys by effortlessly lifting their weights.

One of his gags is casually handing the monster weightlifters his 32kg mop. They instantly drop it, "Is there problem? See! Is normal mop." Picks it up one handed, zero strain.

This one is great! Girls are trying not to straight make fun of him talking about ab training. "Show us yours." Aight. (Can't find the better version where you can see his abs, but he's a monster.)

Whatever his training regime, it's obvious he has muscle density bordering on superhuman. Talk about advantage!

Or look at Michael Phelps. Dude smokes and is basically Aquaman. I forget what's unusual about his body, but he's a rare one.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Webbed fingers and toes, and disproportionately long arms for more power.

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[–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Another reason to

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 25 points 2 days ago (7 children)

What about the potential physical advantages of competing in women's sport after being born strong?

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 15 points 2 days ago (6 children)

They don't give a fuck about fair competition so that's irrelevant. This is just bigotry.

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I think a lot of people are going to boycott these Olympics. The trump regime doesn’t deserve to host.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If it wasn't for the culture wars, it would be another Oscar Pistorius situation. Not the murder, the prosthetics.

For those who don't know this guy was a runner whose legs were amputated, and he got replacement prosthetics that made him as good if not better than runners with natural legs. There was some debate if his disability actually gives him an advantage, if it should be allowed at all.

[–] azrv@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

And proceeded to shoot his girlfriend on valentine's day.

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[–] pika@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Even the reporting is biased; trans women aren't born male.

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What? I'm confused. Are you talking about how not all trans women are born males, that we have been women all along, or is this some new grammar I'm missing?

[–] pika@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm saying trans women are women. They might be born with xy chromosomes most of the time, or they might be born with a functioning penis and testes most of the time, but they are still women.

It's why we say "assigned male at birth" instead of "born male".

Edit: I'll clarify this even further by reminding everyone that being trans is not a choice, and most -- if not all -- of the current science shows that being trans is the result of fetal developmental changes of the brain in the womb.

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, thank you for clarifying. I did not notice that little bit. You are right though. That shit gets so suttle sometimes. Amab not "born male." I honestly wouldn't have caught that. Well, i didn't haha.

[–] pika@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It can be subtle and nuanced for sure! Some people probably thought my comment was ignorant or transphobic.

It definitely made me have to stop and ask. I'm glad i did. Thanks for being an awesome internet person 😊

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