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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If this was true then cis women would be forced to compete with trans men

That's only not happening because trans men are physically unable to compete with cis men (on average). If there were a sport where cis women had a physical advantage over cis men, and trans men tried to join the cis men league, we'd be having the same discussion.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Wow, I didn't expect you to make this so easy for me.

To prove your argument, name one example of a trans man who was required to participate in women's sports without controversy.

As counter-argument, here's a trans man that was forced to compete in women's wrestling and won two state championships because he wasn't allowed to compete with men: https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/06/01/trans-wrestling-mack-beggs-texas-sport-changing-the-game-hulu/

And here's another article focusing on trans men competing against cis men in sports:

https://www.insidehook.com/sports/trans-athletes-win-boys-sports

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Everything you just confidently said is completely irrelevant.

Let's start with the beginning of my argument above. Can you name a sport where cis women have a physical advantage over cis men?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Again, if your argument is about competetive fairness, then we don't need gender segregation to make sure everyone gets a chance to compete fairly. Ranking on some objective measure of performance can ensure that nobody is out of their league at sports.

If the point of segregating by gender in sports is to make space for women in sports, then we could just do that. No point in discriminating about it since trans folks are rare anyway.

Since the actual point of women's sports is to protect fragile male egos from getting beaten by girls, forcing trans women into men's leagues doesn't solve the problem either.

And to answer your question, extreme long distance running. Here's an article about it: https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a44172975/are-women-better-endurance-runners/