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originally posted by: network dude
a reply to: quintessentone
you are aware this is happening in Canada right? When it comes here, you can scream super loud, till then, tone it down a bit.
originally posted by: putnam6
originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: frogs453
My point is that there is nothing to stop a parent from making these accusations for whatever reason and especially if their child loses a game, a match, a tournament and with more and more laws being enacted, such as yesterday a veto overturned in Ohio, which will allow subjecting a young child to genital inspections is awful.
You make the perfect case for ending and banning Schools sponsored sports and sporting events. By ending these sports programs, the schools would save hundreds of millions of dollars across the country. There are numerous GOOD reasons to end these sports programs; the transgender problem, the problem of differently abled kids; the promotion of privilge of tall, fit kids over the short, fat kids, etc.
Another good outcome of ending these sports programs is that the awful, obnoxious parents would no longer be at each other's throats during events.
We separate males and females why not have a transgender designation? Certainly, if this is a widespread issue there will be plenty of participants in a district.
Because respectfully ending sports because we are having issues with this new situation is a gross overreaction
Sports give so many kids an opportunity they wouldn't have
It instills discipline and teamwork and social skills and keeps teenage males from being raving lunatics, seriously haven't you heard "burn off some steam"? You think every teen problems are bad now, take away sports it increases dramatically
Im all for protecting kids but taking sports away from 97% because 3% of these conflicted, confused, and troubled kids can't find a spot on the girls' swim team, is an utterly ridiculous notion.
I say that knowing the health issues with high school football. The positives significantly outweigh the negatives
originally posted by: JAGStorm
originally posted by: boredhere74
a reply to: JAGStorm
Wow. It must be nice to have that high and mighty perch you seem to sit on lately. So there's no need for a doctor to examine and child's genitals then? Because that's who does the exam. And don't try "but that's different". No it's not. It's a damn doctor performed exam that has happened for decades at least.
ARE you kidding me, what kind of sickness is this !!! There is no NEED for a doctor to look at an ELEMENTARY school kids genitals. AND I don’t know what school you went to but I was in all kinds of sports and never once had kiddie diddlers check my parts.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: frogs453
Those 10 impact a lot of others, directly and indirectly.
One biological male taking title pushes down every single female in that category to the next lowest spot. There is trans, and then best of the rest.
originally posted by: datguy
a reply to: JAGStorm
and yet it was still performed when other methods could be used, and in a "routine" exam
also a far cry from a simple observation that can be used to assess gender.
Dont get me wrong, i dont think kids should subject to either, especially in cases such as the OP
but, i also do not think the laws are prescribing such invasive "gender checks"
i asked earlier which laws were in question and in which states, so i could see for myself but have gotten no reply yet
“From male puberty onward, the sex difference in athletic performance emerges as circulating testosterone concentrations rise as the testes produce 30 times more testosterone than before puberty, resulting in men having 15-to-20 fold greater circulating testosterone than children or women at any age,”
originally posted by: datguy
a reply to: quintessentone
funny stuff, they use a Wired article as a source not to mention the very article you use as evidence, contradicts your assumption
“From male puberty onward, the sex difference in athletic performance emerges as circulating testosterone concentrations rise as the testes produce 30 times more testosterone than before puberty, resulting in men having 15-to-20 fold greater circulating testosterone than children or women at any age,”
originally posted by: datguy
a reply to: JAGStorm
my intent wasn't to dispute the claim of whether or not you were ever checked.
The intent was to show that there is precedent for such exams but they are not necessary, And though I am sure not every boy who had their balls cupped then went on to punch a doctor, im am sure there were more than a few that were discomforted by the process.
whether someone cares if a boy or girl is on certain team, should be irrelevant. there are plenty of boys, prior to puberty that are equal to or less than the capabilities of young girls.
The issue is when "men" try to pass themselves off as "women" because they are inferior to other "men.
If a woman "chooses" to compete against a man ...lets see what shes got
but we need to make the distinction between fully developed adults and children