RE: Man Named 'Tiffany' Is Dominating Women's Pro Volleyball in Brazil
February 28, 2018 at 8:32 pm
As a competitive athlete (track and field) myself, this is one place where people definitely need to be slotted by their biological sex. I think track is a good sport for comparison, because the men's and woman's performances can be measured totally quantitatively and are very distinct. Look at the results of any track meet and you'll see that the men's and women's performances are clearly separate categories, and even a slow male athlete would easily win the women's division.
I've always loved the extremely close competition in track (like, a good race can easily come down to a 100th of a second... I've even won a race by 1/1000th of a second), and while I train with guys and run against them in practice, there would be no competition if sexes were combined. The margins are so tight that women would be unable to qualify for any tournaments. Let alone in the runs, but in the throwing events? The simple reason is that women biologically have less muscle than men, even with the same amount of training.
If I were competing in a track meet and there were a trans woman in my section, I and every other competitor and coach would be extremely pissed off. It would completely ruin the race. It's has nothing to do with being trans-phobic, it's just a matter of biology.
I've always loved the extremely close competition in track (like, a good race can easily come down to a 100th of a second... I've even won a race by 1/1000th of a second), and while I train with guys and run against them in practice, there would be no competition if sexes were combined. The margins are so tight that women would be unable to qualify for any tournaments. Let alone in the runs, but in the throwing events? The simple reason is that women biologically have less muscle than men, even with the same amount of training.
If I were competing in a track meet and there were a trans woman in my section, I and every other competitor and coach would be extremely pissed off. It would completely ruin the race. It's has nothing to do with being trans-phobic, it's just a matter of biology.
