People who aren’t competing get no say. Let those people be the ones to complain. Let them take a vote. I wouldn’t respect the opinion of someone who’s never competed in their lives in anything athletic let alone the olympics. If the athletes take a stand I’d see that. Anyone else, naw
I don’t know if this directed at people in here. Literally everyone has either said they’re indifferent, don’t care, or otherwise hit the shoulder shrugged.
I’ve competed and coached at a high level, including actual woman athletes.
I’m not particularly invested in Trans sports participation but at a meta level, it kind of sucks because the only individuals absolved from harm no matter the outcome are men.
If trans women are not permitted to compete in women’s sports, they’re excluded from participating in the field of their self identified gender.
If they are permitted to compete, some will have a physiological advantage over their cisgender women peers.
Things get convoluted when you dial in and try to look at it through either a scientific or social lense.
You would probably have to be an endocrinologist to understand the potential affects various hormone treatments might have on athletic competition.
If you live in the US, you live in a country that openly discriminates against trans people and where one of two political factions has made it a point to demonize them by championing anti trans inclusion for political points. And there are societies that treat trans people far worse than us.
Anyone who tells themselves it’s a simple issue is fooling themselves.
