Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Olympic place
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Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Olympic place
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Re: Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Olympic place
#2Physical sport competition shouldn’t be separated by n number of genders, but by weight class.
Re: Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Olympic place
#3Physical sport competition shouldn’t be separated by n number of genders, but by weight class.
Males and females have wholly different chemical, bone, and muscular structures.
Re: Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Olympic place
#4Physical sport competition shouldn’t be separated by n number of genders, but by weight class.
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Re: Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Olympic place
#5Physical sport competition shouldn’t be separated by n number of genders, but by weight class.
I can't agree; the number of kilograms is too simplistic a parameter. I'd be more inclined to agree to some more sophisticated division that takes body composition into account. But that is still too simplistic if it is applied the same way in every sport. In some sports, mass is disadvantageous. In some sports, lean mass is advantageous, fat mass isn't. In some, raw mass is advantageous.
Re: Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Olympic place
#6Physical sport competition shouldn’t be separated by n number of genders, but by weight class.
Olympic weightlifting is already split into relatively thin weight brackets. I think the issue is that, pound for pound, men tend to be stronger than women
In the 76-81kg womens bracket current record total (snatch + cnj) is 278kg. In the 73-81kg mens bracket the record total is 363kg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_weightlifting#Weight_c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_Olymp...
Re: Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Olympic place
#7Physical sport competition shouldn’t be separated by n number of genders, but by weight class.
Weightlifting is already separated by class. As I understand it, weight alone is not enough to create a “fair” competition. A historical use of steroids changes your body composition so that you have more strength at the same weight, even if the use was years ago. From the article the implication is that the same is true for testosterone, giving male to female transitioned people a unfair advantage (as long as transition was post puberty).
Re: Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Olympic place
#8Physical sport competition shouldn’t be separated by n number of genders, but by weight class.
"Gender" is larger than biological sex - a distinction that normally doesn't matter. Wikipedia: Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, femininity and masculinity. Depending on the context, these characteristics may include biological sex, sex-based social structures (i.e., gender roles), or gender identity.
Re: Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Olympic place
#9Physical sport competition shouldn’t be separated by n number of genders, but by weight class.
What happens when physical sport competition results tend to favor 1 of the n number of genders?
When it comes to powerlifting, I would bet on current or former members of one particular gender.
Re: Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Olympic place
#10These kind of issues are really interesting because sports are by nature unfair, but it's been decided to remove part of the unfairness but now some is brought back in with that.