Just the females? Doesn’t seem equal. Edit: y’all get sarcasm, right?
Women are welcome to compete in the open division (mens). But they wont even qualify.
Except when they do, then the ISSF & IOC eventually ban them from participating in Olympic skeet.
Just ask Zhang Shan!
Yes, that's just silly. Especially if there aren't any handicaps given like standing closer, e g. how they mix compete in golf.
Any non-physically demanding sport should be open contest.
Olympic performances differ by gender : they are not equal either. (...and yes, i know you are joking)
OK, so hold up. This isn't testing if a woman is trans. This test also disqualifies cis women who have genetic conditions that give them masculine physical traits. This article gives examples of women's gold medalists who are cis but would now be disqualified.
We might have to replace the men's and women's categories with "open" and "two X chromosomes". Cis and trans people of all genders might be surprised to find whether or not they qualify for the "two X chromosomes" category. Particularly effeminate cis men might qualify for "two X chromosomes". This actually seems like a fair way to level the playing field, accomplishing what the current men's and women's divisions try to do.
I am a little worried about the idea of disqualifying athletes for having beneficial genes. This could have implications beyond women's sports, like being banned from basketball for being too tall.
“According to our test, you perform sports too well for a woman” is all this feels like it boils down to.
Or you look too much like a man
Maybe if you wore a little makeup. /s
Have you tried smiling more?
What about athletes with genetics that happen to give them athletic advantages that have nothing at all to do with sex?
Or athletes from wealthy backgrounds who had greater opportunity to train and condition than poorer athletes?
This is all so silly to me.
Get fucked Olympics.
*Get fucked at the olympics!
Everyone does.
It's practically a tradition at this point!
It's interesting to see this comment thread getting downvotes considering that apparently in Paris 300,000 Condoms were handed out to athletes.
Yep. Bunch of people in their prime and in high stress? Oh you better believe they fuckin'.
And in peak physical shape. As I heard one athlete describe it everyone there is 10/10 from the neck down.
But remember, men can have huge genetic advantages and they're just athletes. Michael Phelps doesn't have an unfair advantage of anything.
Like, to see how good they are at it?
Awe, I wanted to post that
Whelp, yet another thing I won't be watching/supporting anymore.
Good news, everyone!!
The men need to protest, and we need the names of the individuals at the organization who are still failing to stop this with each passing day.
Why can't we just have everyone compete all together and just have their gender be next to their name?
Not the meaning of sex they are talking about lol
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