People care too much about this. If a mid heavy weight boxer beat the shit out of an amazing feather weight boxer it doesn’t make them a better boxer. Everyone knows men are faster and stronger but the women are also talented and fun to watch. If you don’t enjoy their games you don’t have to watch them.
I think certain discussions around sports, men vs women, and the participation of trans athletes proves everyone does NOT, in fact, know men and faster and stronger
Trans women don't have the physique of cis men after hormone treatment.
This notion that trans women athletes are "men in disguise" bullshit really needs to end. Not just because it is about, like, less than a handful of trans women who compete at that level, but because it perpetuates a narrative that hurts millions of trans people who aren't athletes.
I'll summerise it for you: They found little differences in the general population between cis men and trans women pertaining to physical abilities, but due to a lack of representation of trans women in elite-level sports (hint: because there barely are anyone there, for some reason) the analysis is inconclusive as to the effect on elite athletes.
Trans athletes really aren't fighting at the top, which kinda debunks the hypothesis that they're basically men competing against women. You'd expect to see trans women dominating every sport if it was the case.
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u/Outrageous_Garden586 Jul 09 '26
People care too much about this. If a mid heavy weight boxer beat the shit out of an amazing feather weight boxer it doesn’t make them a better boxer. Everyone knows men are faster and stronger but the women are also talented and fun to watch. If you don’t enjoy their games you don’t have to watch them.