The new policy requires all athletes to undergo a genetic test to compete in women's sporting events at the Olympics.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/66087691

The International Olympic Committee will prohibit transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, starting at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

The new policy, approved by the IOC’s executive committee Thursday, requires all athletes to undergo a genetic test to compete in women’s sporting events at the Olympics.

  • galaxy_nova@lemmy.worldEnglish
    236·
    10 days ago

    Probably will be downvoted into oblivion but I’m going to disagree with you. The trans argument is a separate one but having some sex separated sports absolutely makes sense. There are undeniable biological differences physically between biological males and females. Height and weight class would make 0 sense because bone and muscle density is still different, and distributed differently as an aggregate. I think most people who say this stuff don’t actually play sports.

    • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteEnglish
      119·
      10 days ago

      bone and muscle density is still different, and distributed differently

      I think people who say things like this don’t actually know any post- or even mid-transition people.

      • galaxy_nova@lemmy.worldEnglish
        96·
        10 days ago

        I don’t think you actually read my comment fully or you would know that I wasn’t talking about trans athletes at all really. Respectfully read carefully before having a knee jerk reaction. Also for the record (although the I have {insert marginalized group here} friends card is stupid) one of my closest friends in college who was alsomy roommate was trans…

        • HopeOfTheGunblade@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          410·
          10 days ago

          “Biological males and females” are words that, right or wrong, have flown forth along with a great deal of spittle from the mouth of a transphobe in an effort to strip even more rights from trans people. After all, are trans people not biological? Biological women and synthetic women?

    • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml
      1112·
      10 days ago

      You’re gonna be downvoted because you’ve put zero thought or effort into your argument. There are undeniable physical differences between humans regardless of dominant sex hormone, separating sports by gender necessarily forces members of both groups to compete against people that they don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of beating. Tall women have a massive advantage over short men and short women, the smart thing to do is let people compete with other people that are actually physically comparable. Tiny men vs tiny women is fair, giant women vs giant men is fair. The bone/muscle density thing is bullshit, simple as.

      • Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works
        72·
        9 days ago

        Do you have a source about the bone/muscle density thing being bullshit?

        I noticed you told another commentor “anything is possible when you make shit up” so we really should be backing things we say up with sources in that case, right?

              • Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works
                12·
                9 days ago

                Ah yes a highly trained professional athlete beating up a guy who drinks and does drugs for the entire series.

                This makes all the scientific papers cited not true?

                Also I love how “that study is only 16 people you MORON! Here’s a source form a show called jackass with TWO people”

                • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml
                  21·
                  9 days ago

                  Professional athlete vs professional athlete, drinking in his free time doesn’t change that, the “scientific papers” you’re pushing were always bullshit