If we expand the discussion to how trans women are starting to take over what used to be cis-women's sports, we see a similar moral issue. Is it right for biological males to take over and dominate traditionally female sports? I don't think so. If anything, sports organizers need to think about creating a separate "trans league" for this new category of human being.
Below is a video about one girl's harsh experience in track and field when the trans women muscled in. This issue will only become more bitterly divisive as the biology-denialists persist in ignoring obvious phenotypic differences between chromosomal males and chromosomal females. It's going to force even modern feminists to acknowledge that cis-women need to have a place carved out for them in society, because without such a space, they will be buried by an avalanche of trans women who remain biologically male.
I have been following this development for a while. I was the fastest white guy in illinois in the 100 meter dash in 1982 and 1983 (insert Al Bundy joke here) but I never made it to State because there were a lot of black guys faster than I was. However, I just looked up the national high school record for the girls 100 meter dash and i would hold that record. By a lot. I don't know where this ends. Was it Spock that said
ReplyDelete" in a world of the insane, the sane man would appear insane." If he didn't, he should have.
I think Orwell said, "In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." That's about as close as I can get to the Spockism.
ReplyDeleteHere's what some Googling reveals re: the Spock quote.
The trans issue is definitely concerning when it comes to sports.