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You don’t actually believe gender does not exist.
You are repeating a transgender talking point
Me? No. I think there are two genders. I think the point he was making was that science couldn't prove the boxer was male until recently. You also made a good point about common sense. Circus freak went a little too far, though, in my opinion. The person was apparently born that way. The simple fact is that having the person compete as a woman violates the whole idea of fair competition.
Not you. The other guy or person who doesn’t believe in gender
Oh. I see. Okay, then circus freak is fine😀jk
The X and Y chromosomes exist for a reason, denying biology only sets us back as a species and catapult all the previous studies carried out by people who took science seriously.
I see your point. I do think gender is a binary thing, but you're right that she would have been considered female through most of history.
I’m not so sure.
Through most of history people would have used the eye test and common sense and ostracized her as a circus freak
In the context of fight sports or actual combat, she would have been considered a goddess of war for her ability to crush skulls.
And yes, I don't think gender as a category exists. It's a distribution with two peaks along a spectrum. I am a biologist. I don't care about your insecurities.
By the way, if you say she should not compete because it's unfair. Then you are saying we should do genetic testing on all previous medallists and record holders across all sports to see if they were genetically advantaged and stripped of their medals and records. For fairness. That's silly.
I understand the frustration. Interestingly, the European media hasn't tried to fit it into the culture or gender wars that seem to run amok in the US.
At a simple level, for all of human history, this woman would have been considered a woman due to having female sexual organs. It's only since the discovery of genetics and metabolomics that we have finer understanding of borderline phenotypes.
Personnally, I think gender doesn't exist and everyone should compete against everyone (keep age and weight categories).
But if you believe gender is a binary thing, then technically she is a woman.