Man Named 'Tiffany' Is Dominating Women's Pro Volleyball in Brazil

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People love pointing at Fallon Fox, and saying "She's won a lot of games!"  (except they'll call her a 'he' because they refuse to accept her transition. When people do that, they show it's only about their bigotry, and not their concern for fairness)

Let's look at the people she's beaten.

-Her first fight was against Elisha Helsper, who's pro record is 0-4.  
-Her second fight was against Ericka Newsome, who's pro record is 0-2.  
-Her third fight was against Alanna Jones who's pro record is 2-8.
-Then she fought Ashlee Evans-Smith and lost.  Her pro record is 5-3.
-She did beat Heather Bassett who's pro record is 4-4.  
-And her last fight was against Tamikka Brents who's pro record is 2-3.

It's a bit less impressive once you know who's she's beaten.  (including two winless fighters, and a fighter with 2 wins and 8 losses)

The IOC -- who knows more about this than all the keyboard experts -- declared that transgender athletes do not have an unfair advantage.  (Remember when people wondered if Jackie Robinson had an unfair advantage?)  They are an extremely strict organization who banned excessive coffee drinking.  Let's not forget that.  So while it may not convince you that they are correct in their decision, it's certainly worth pointing out to all the keyboard experts out there.

Also it's not as if these people come in, change genders, and join the sport immediately.  They have to undergo years of hormone therapy before they're allowed to join.  

And people love to bring up Tennis.  So let's do just that.  Men have an advantage against women in tennis.  Right?  I mean Serena and Venus Williams can't beat the 200th ranked whatever... etc.. etc..  yadda yadda yadda.  Well let's look at Renee Richards, a transgender tennis player.  Male to Female Transition.  As a male she was ranked 4th in the region.  So it's not as if she didn't play tennis before transitioning.  After transitioning, her highest rank at the end of a year was.. 22nd.

I think there would be a discrepancy in age between when that tennis player was playing as a man and as a woman.  If they were playing in their prime as a man and in later life as a woman there would be some deterioration in performance anyway.

Plus isn't one ranking different from the other?  Being ranked as a pro is different from being ranked in your region.  The competition is supposed to be much tougher as a national pro athlete as opposed to competing in your region, I would have thought, I'm just speculating that these results might not be as simple as they first look.  22nd is a pretty 

Looking at the wiki page it said Richards was playing tennis in the navy and was ranked as high as 4th in the region, I don't think that's a pro ranking, unless I'm reading it wrong.  The 22nd ranking seems to be when Renee Richards was competing as a pro in female tennis.