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I guess it's not the case in grade school, but in many professional sports and college, there are technically no "mens" teams. Those teams are open to any and all athletes.
It's the women's and girl's sports where the restrictions lie, and hence the focus for transgender athletes.
This initiative is specifically about grade school.
Right, but I think that gives some insights. Boys sports in grade schools could technically be open. For very young kids, there's probably even little difference in athletic ability.
Girls' sports are what need some kind of sex identification and distinction. I'm not saying it should be based on genitalia or chromosomes, but that's why the focus is there.
Not in grade school. We have never needed this before.
We have never needed a transgender ban. As long as we've had activities specifically restricted to girls, we've needed some sort of distinction. That distinction could be "Any athlete identifying as a girl," but one is needed. Otherwise, what does it mean for a team to be restricted?
Remember that the question I was responding to is why does it work one way - restrictions on who joins a girls' team - and not the other. That's the question I'm answering.
No that comment said they only focus on girls. You assumed too much about their statement. They never even asked a question.
They're trying way too hard to pretend it isn't just sexual insecurity and misogynistic bigotry 🙄
This in their history, no wonder they're in here arguing about genital exams for little girls.
Pedo comments and several problematic comments about transgender women. Wtf is wrong with these people this is so exhausting
I've been sticking to my own communities more and more because of it. Well, my own or communities where I know the mods will take action.
You're pulling a comment from another post completely out of context. Someone said there is no such thing as sex with a minor. It is always rape.
That's not true, and I used my own experience as an example. That you're not creative enough to think why my having sex with a minor would not be illegal nor immoral is not my problem.
Being cheeky about raping minors says a lot about you already.
Again, not rape.
Nor did I argue for genital exams for little girls.
You're trying to paint me as a pedophile and won't let facts get in the way. That's pretty disgusting. Maybe stick to the communities where that behavior is acceptable.
I said you're arguing about genital exams.
We don't need anybody playing devil's advocate about this initiative.
The conversation was about raping minors and you thought you'd be cheeky and clever with that comment. A mod removed it for a reason.
What question? I never asked a question
Nah dude it's just misogyny. Don't overthink it