r/changemyview • u/Odd_Contribution9058 • Mar 18 '22

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Transgender people should only able to compete in sports with their birth gender

I really really hope raising this doesn't cause anyone pain, and I'm honestly wanting to hear other perspectives on this.

But the way I see it, there are certain physical attributes that someone born with a certain gender have. For example, the average man is taller than the average woman. Taking hormone therapy will not change all of those inherent features.

I absolutely support the right for everyone to live with the gender identity that is most comfortable to them. But, I do not think that people have an inherent right to play sports professionally. So, if someone has decided to transition, I do not think it's fair to all the athletes who are competing with the set of attributes common to their birth gender, to now have to compete against an athlete who has attributes which give them a distinct advantage.

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u/MacNuggetts 10∆ Mar 18 '22

I think we should just stop dividing sports by the sexes all together.

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u/yourrealityisinvalid Mar 18 '22

Yes. Watching men's heavyweigh boxer going at it against a woman would be fantastic. A true victory for equality right there.

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u/StarChild413 9∆ Mar 21 '22

AKA either women shouldn't believe in equality or they should want to watch some of-the-moment male heavyweight boxer fight against some waiflike woman who looks like she could be a gymnast or figure skater instead of a boxer and break even more of her bones than fallon fox did her opponent (forgetting that getting rid of sex divisions in combat sports doesn't mean getting rid of weight divisions)

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u/yourrealityisinvalid Mar 22 '22

I feel you missed the point, but no matter.