These are some general transphobic posts. Declaring that based solely on someone's looks and performance (which is what these comments are) that they must be a biological man who transitioned, is transphobic.
‘What can be done’ is for that tiny number of athletes in her position ie having an unusual but significant difference in genetic makeup that blurs the line between genders and gives her an unfair sporting advantage, to nobly accept that there are some things she can’t do eg get into a boxing ring with genetically non-ambiguous women. It’s a bummer for her but she’s in that unfortunate position of falling between the two standard types. It’s no justification for her to face disadvantages in everyday life but in competitive sport? Sadly, yes.
These are some General Transphobicposts. Declaring that based solely on someone's looks and performance (which is what these comments are) that they must be a biological man who transitioned, is transphobic.
Some people have since looked at the actual story and changed their perspective, but it doesn't change the fact that these comments were initially transphobic.
This is the problem with the absolutist way this is taught to young people today, there’s no room for nuance. Mostly JK and Sharon Davies are wrong but sometimes they’re right.
I’m wondering where this would stand legally in terms of discrimination. I doubt there is a test case for this specific circumstance.
That isn't quite the point of a female category. You open it up to a suggestion that any male athlete whose genetics did not afford a massively unfair advantage should be in the female category. And somewhere there is a female athlete who could have been at the Olympics but has been stopped from competing.
Well obviously weight classes still apply.
TBH, this is neither here nor there. It may be that she’s been beating certain opponents that she wouldn’t have done had her testosterone levels (or whatever it is she’s supposed to have, it’s still not very clear) not been relatively high. It may be that if she had a more conventional genetic makeup, she would be nowhere near the Olympic finals. So in that respect she may still have a significant competitive advantage, and may have deprived others of making progress. There are a lot of ifs and maybes here because the facts are unclear.
And nobody objects to testing that boxers are in the correct weight class.
I think I explained this quite carefully earlier. It is all about having an advantage. Anyone having abnormal levels of testosterone, whether by biology or injection, has an unfair advantage. There are defined acceptable levels. Anyone having chromosomes that are not XX or XY and are competing against XX or XY have an unfair advantage.
