mrswdk wrote:
Which is funny because in my post I explicitly stated that it might be a good idea for sports to be segregated based on physiological differences. I just suggested it might possible to make that distinction in more nuanced way than the existing 'man/woman' system used by most sports. So it would appear that you agree with me and once again are just arguing with me for the sake of being contrary. Your avatar really is apt.
Please don’t put words in my mouth.
We separate men and women in sports because we recognize they are different.
A man choosing to become a woman does not make him a woman.. even if he gets his weenie cut off.
If a man wants to cut his weenie of, change his name, and be addressed as a woman.. I got not problem with it.
It’s a free country.
When this man then tries to take it a step further and demand to compete against women in sports... he is then intruding on the rights of those women. He has then gone too far. Sorry.
Is Gender Dysphoria a real thing... I have no personal experience, but I’ll trust the doctors.
That does not give a man with Gender Dysphoria a right to intrude on the rights of others anymore than alcoholism gives an alcoholic the right to drive when drunk.
I recognize that there are non-trans people who are born with intersex traits. These people are born with these genetic disorders (is that a politically incorrect way to phrase that)... these people don’t conform to typical sex traits either, but they were born this way and this is not a common thing and I feel these should likely be addressed by sports separately from someone who is born one way and decides to identify differently.