Dillon said:
So how do you see this as political? I see this as a fairness issue. Is it fair to those born a woman? If this continues women's sports will never be the same and eventually be dominated by ex-men. What in the Hell is the world coming to? Our cities are crumbling, our moral fiber is stretched to it's limit, and now the take over of women's sports. Thank God I live in Montana, which will eventually be turned into Seattle in no time anyway, & there is not a damn thing we can do about it! Buckle Up! :roll: Official end of Rant!
This dumb, antiquated line of thinking honestly exasperates me. The only way this is plausible if you have zero understanding of how human sexuality works. There is not a transsexual on the planet that has become that way because they think it will give them a competitive athletic advantage in women's sports. The conservative morality police make it seem as if throngs of trannies are just waiting to take over women's sports if given the opportunity. It's patently absurd.
Transgenders make up just .6% of the population. And how many of those .6% are transitioning males attempting to play women's sports? It's an astronomically low number that impacts almost nobody. Have you ever personally known any female athletes that have been replaced by transgender males in organized sports?
Are you prepared to sacrifice NCAA playoff athletics in Montana for the foreseeable future for an issue that is only designed to elicit your outrage and make you clutch your pearls, while making minimal to zero actual difference in the lives Montanans?
But you are definitely right on one thing, which is that you are on the losing side of the cultural divide on this issue and there isn't anything you can do about it. You might not like it, but its happening, so accept or get left behind.
* Does everyone realize that male to female transgender athletes have to be on testosterone suppressants for a lengthy amount of time before they can compete? Have any guys out there experienced what it feel like to have low T? It's probably the least ideal scenario for a male to have to compete in any athletic endeavor.