• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    3 months ago

    The governing sport body in this case being the IOC. Who did decide. You just don’t seem to care for their decision.

    So make up your mind.

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      3 months ago

      When did I say I didn’t like their decision? I said I wanted more information.

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          3 months ago

          For the same reason anyone wants to know anything. Because if anyone is to have an informed conversation about this, we need to know how they come to their conclusions. Their lack of transparency is a large part of why this controversy exists in the first place.

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            3 months ago

            It’s none of your business what’s between their legs or in their chromosomes. This wouldn’t even be a question for anyone who wasn’t an athlete.

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                3 months ago

                Which do you think would be more likely to discourage girls and women from participating in competitive sports, the chance that they might have to compete against a “real” woman or the requirement that they let everyone else know about their private medical records?

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                  3 months ago

                  I don’t think any of this matters until you get to college level or olympic level sports, at which point I highly doubt it would dissuade any would be competitor. But I do think if it got bad enough it could dissuade women. For example, if you just let men compete openly and without scrutiny in any women’s athletics competition, which seems to be what some people are advocating for here.

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                    3 months ago

                    I don’t think any of this matters until you get to college level or olympic level sports

                    The youngest Olympian this year was 12. The youngest Olympian ever was 11.

                    at which point I highly doubt it would dissuade any would be competitor.

                    Why? Why would any woman want to not only prove their biological sex, but allow that private medical information to be public?

                    For example, if you just let men compete openly and without scrutiny in any women’s athletics competition

                    How about letting women compete openly and without scrutiny in any men’s athletics competition? Shouldn’t men be tested too?