British cycling bars transgender women from competing in female category

a reply to: ufoorbhunter

Or Pride Month can have the Pridelympics. It can be for competitors with kink. Can't wait for Pup and gimp races personally.

a reply to: TDDAgain

Oh I get it, I get the predominant doctrine that defines those non-organic moral values that serve as a base for the inequality amongst humans, I got that before the symptoms arose, I think it's too late to save the organism by fighting the symptoms...

Just having fun with the reactionary approach...

a reply to: pteridine

I'm glad you felt adressed, although your post history doesn't indicate any psychological issue with the matter.

I've always said in physical competitive sports the chromosomes should be defining... So we agree to an extent.... But chess? Women actually asked for their own league, to make chess more attractive to women...
Is there any mixed league of any ranked competition where women excel men? Well... apart from sammich making of course.

It would however follow that any jacked up, dick swinging, bearded xx chromosome will be able to compete against other xx chromosomes?

originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: pteridine

I'm glad you felt adressed, although your post history doesn't indicate any psychological issue with the matter.

I've always said in physical competitive sports the chromosomes should be defining... So we agree to an extent.... But chess? Women actually asked for their own league, to make chess more attractive to women...
Is there any mixed league of any ranked competition where women excel men? Well... apart from sammich making of course.

It would however follow that any jacked up, dick swinging, bearded xx chromosome will be able to compete against other xx chromosomes?

Chess is also dominated by males but that may be because of the competitive nature of young males who start early. The Polgar experiment seemed to say that equivalence could be reached between the genders if females had interest in the game.

One area where females could excel is small bore or air pistol shooting. In general, females have better hand eye coordination and small muscle motor skills than males. Being outshot by females causes some macho feelings to be hurt. I know a few ladies who can shoot pool with the best of them, also. I don't know about archery but the skills may help them there, too, within limits.

a reply to: pteridine

The equestrian events like show jumping, cross country, and dressage have a pretty even representation of the sexes in the top riders.

originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: pteridine

The equestrian events like show jumping, cross country, and dressage have a pretty even representation of the sexes in the top riders.

That is true. There is minimal advantage for upper body strength beyond a certain point.

I am more concerned with high school and collegiate sports being ruined for the gals by second rate male athletes pretending to be females.

a reply to: pteridine

I guess there are many where they could. Your examples made me think of darts, but no female league too.

As if women only wanted to compete against men in civil areas.
where they are protected from being inferior.
don't have to do the dirty work.
won't be sent to war but meddle with politics.
They don't want equality only the top paying jobs with no qualifications appart from being a quota.

But let them compete in sports, where the rules are set and fair, often much fairer and simpler than society and they only "could" win, if....

Sometimes I wonder where we'd be as a society if we banked on collaboration instead of competition.

originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: ufoorbhunter

Or Pride Month can have the Pridelympics. It can be for competitors with kink. Can't wait for Pup and gimp races personally.

yeah the Pridelympics lol, the gimp races. Oh my life that's going to be fun. The 100 mtrs sprint with a line up of Village People types

originally posted by: ufoorbhunter

originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: ufoorbhunter

Or Pride Month can have the Pridelympics. It can be for competitors with kink. Can't wait for Pup and gimp races personally.

yeah the Pridelympics

lol, the gimp races. Oh my life that's going to be fun. The 100 mtrs sprint with a line up of Village People types

I am laughing at the prospect of Bob Costas doing the broadcasts.

a reply to: ketsuko

He's someone I never heard of this side of the pond

a reply to: Terpene

Billiards is a good example. There are mens leagues, womens leagues, mixed leagues, teen leagues, handicapped leagues, etc. The world champion in womens pro pool played the mens champion in an exhibition match a few years ago. The man won pretty easily. I watched that match and honestly the women's champ pretty much psyched herself out. Her game was way off and it showed.

Some people suggested that the man had an advantage because he could break harder. As a former professional pool player myself I can tell you that is not the case. Very often, for a wide variety of reasons, the best break is not the hardest one. Sometimes slowing it down a little gives you a better chance of making the corner balls (in 9 ball) and keeping control of the cue ball - which is everything in this game.

originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
a reply to: linda72

This is good news for the sport of cycling in the UK. Hopefully all national & international sporting bodies will watch this outcome & ultimately find their way to similar decisions.

Makes me chuckle though - 'sex assigned at birth'...? Who assigned it?
Surely the only 'person' with the power to naturally 'assign' sex would be God, the Almighty, the Creator?

"..even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You. For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.…"

Psalm 139: 12-14

Cheers.

The word 'assigned' is part of the linguistic approach to change meanings n definitions-nobody assigns sex-but the sex of a baby is observed at birth n you don't have to wait that long-you know the sex of a baby long before it is born-

But it's the correct decision imo n other sports have taken similar measures in the past-

originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: pteridine

I'm glad you felt adressed, although your post history doesn't indicate any psychological issue with the matter.

I've always said in physical competitive sports the chromosomes should be defining... So we agree to an extent.... But chess? Women actually asked for their own league, to make chess more attractive to women...
Is there any mixed league of any ranked competition where women excel men? Well... apart from sammich making of course.

It would however follow that any jacked up, dick swinging, bearded xx chromosome will be able to compete against other xx chromosomes?

So for the purpose of sports a traswoman will be seen as a man but for everything else will be seen as a woman? You like to humor the audience n you're doing a good job-

a reply to: linda72

Rigid systems break apart, that's live, getting upset about it will not change that, what system you adhere to however is fully up to you.

You seem to enjoy the tension between your rigid thinking pattern and the changing world around you.

originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: linda72

Rigid systems break apart, that's live, getting upset about it will not change that, what system you adhere to however is fully up to you.

You seem to enjoy the tension between your rigid thinking pattern and the changing world around you.

You better hope your chromosomes and DNA stay rigid. It's pretty bad when start to break down. Ask anyone with cancer.

a reply to: Terpene

You think you're smart when you pull the "reactionary" phrase, yet one could say your initial post is "reactionary" to the thread. At the end of the day, both statements are stupid, though.

a reply to: ketsuko

DNA is a higly adaptable system, we wouldn't be here if it wasn't. Your point being?

a reply to: TDDAgain

Takes one to know one, I guess...

originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: ketsuko

DNA is a higly adaptable system, we wouldn't be here if it wasn't. Your point being?

You wouldn't like it if your's started "adapting" on the fly while you're alive.



Ask Hisashi Ouchi what it's like when your DNA just comes apart.

originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: linda72

Rigid systems break apart, that's live, getting upset about it will not change that, what system you adhere to however is fully up to you.

You seem to enjoy the tension between your rigid thinking pattern and the changing world around you.

If you mean the world that tries to change to accommodate men in women's competitions-it's pretty rigid n doesn't break apart-proof is in the title of this thread-