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With the recent issues of transgender people in sports, why don’t we move some sports over to a weight-class system? (midwest.social)
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Obviously this won’t work for all sports, but things like football, track, soccer, it would allow for de-gendered team, even allowing athletes with the skills but not the genetically-endowed physical attributes to have a place to play.

Note: I know very little about sports and being on a sports team, so please point out anything that doesn’t make sense.

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[–] JesterIzDead@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This is exactly right and what many people fail to understand. In studies, even after 3+ years of hormone therapy, trans-women still have significantly more muscle tissue than CIS women.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

And that's without looking at cardiovascular differences, or even as subtle as glycogen storage.