I don’t understand why people are complaining about a women’s world cup player being trans
It’s still a biological female, playing against other biological females, which is completley fair? Why does gender matter? I don’t think trans females should compete in female sports due to the physical advantages - it’s not fair on biological females. But there’s no difference here?
Also, imagine if this was a biological man coming out as trans. Would we start persuading them to go be a female footballer? No, since we know that’s unfair on females.
This whole incident just shows in sports that instead of having some acceptance of trans people in sports, we whine and complain saying they’re in the wrong category.
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Actually, according to the British journal of Medicine (https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/11/577)
Also, I found a bbc article about it, but it didn’t list it’s sources (boo) so here is a tertiary source:
(https://www.bbc.com/sport/61346517)
Trans feminine athletes actually have a /disadvantage/ when it comes to physical activity. Estrogen and estradiol decrease the muscle-mass-to-body-weight ratio of a person, meaning more energy has to be expended to get the same amount of mechanical power.
It’s important for me to state this clearly: I am absolutely biased on this subject, do not take my word for it, please please do your own research on the subject. Politics has a tendency to break down complex topics into (often misrepresentative) digestible tabloids.