Quote (pwb3 @ Oct 16 2021 11:38am)
I'm okay with trans FtM competing in male sports, but not MtF competing in female sports. It's not fair for the cis females. There's no PC involved with that logic, just plain ol' common sense.
I agree with the bathrooms part. Keep them separate, or single use bathrooms with a locked door but those are more expensive and not practical in high traffic zones like airports, schools, etc.
MtF athletes have been allowed in the women's Olympics since 2004. Since 2004, no trans woman has ever one a medal. Some actual problems around women in the Olympics:
• There are more sports open for men than women. If people were genuinely concerned about women being able to fairly compete in sports and not just transphobes, they'd ask for all sports be open to women or have women's categories.
• At the 2012 London Olympics, 21 medals were awarded in women’s weightlifting. 11 of those athletes were later stripped of their medals for doping. It's not trans women going into women's sports to cheat. Trans women have to get tested to make sure their HRT isn't giving an unfair advantage. It's cis women who are the ones being dishonest.
• Cis women often have naturally higher testosterone levels than trans woman due to the nature of HRT. If people are so concerned about this, why are cis women not screened beforehand, regardless of whether or not they're doping? Why not regulate based on height or weight? Why does Usain Bolt get to compete when he has a heart not available to other competitors? This is far more unfair than a trans woman competing against cis women. Oh right. Because people aren't concerned with fairness or equality. They just want more avenues to discriminate against trans people.
• Women are already sexually harassed, assaulted, and are paid less than their male counterparts in sports. Case in point is the doctor who assaulted gymnasts for years who just now got caught. People don't care about women's sports enough to offer equal pay, media coverage, or protection from sexual misconduct by coaches, doctors, etc. So why do they all of a sudden care about trans women, who also face these same problems, competing against cis women? They clearly don't give a shit about cis athletes to begin with.
Anywho, that's enough ranting from me. Transphobes can fuck right off. Don't @ me because I've already heard your dumb arguments around this issue and I just don't give a fuck about your uninformed, emotional opinions.