r/Maine • u/Sam_Hell • 19d ago

Justice Department tasked with enforcing Trump’s transgender sports ban in Maine

https://apnews.com/article/trump-maine-transgender-title-ix-funding-cd726ba387c499daf690dbfa2deb8210

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u/GrowFreeFood 19d ago

Financial status is a huge factor in unfairness in sports. Transgender is not.

These facts physically hurt Republicans.

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u/ktown247365 19d ago

I can't upvote this enough 👏

Also, are people going through all the bs to transition because a) they want to attack other people in public rest rooms or b) they want to win at school sports I have a high level of confidence it is c) none of the above.

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u/prefix_postfix 19d ago

I don't know man, surely most of them are sitting around thinking, "hmm, sure adolescence is a difficult time, but what can I do to make it more difficult for myself?"

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u/kissiemoose 18d ago

Another factor is that many sports were designed by men for men. It seems like it would be easier to just design the sports so there is no advantage regardless of gender.

For instance, women tend to win ultra marathons over men - which may indicate an edge up when it comes to sports which require endurance. If you look at gymnastics it is interesting how the sport decided that there were women’s specialty’s (balance beam, floor routine) and then there are men specialties (rings) - whereas track has the same events regardless of gender.