• problematicPanther@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    so, the heart of your argument itself is sexist. Your argument is, basically, that a man is better than a woman at sports, just because he’s a man. Athletes at this level are insanely talented and fit. Some are even genetic anomalies, which explain why they can be so good at their sport. Simone biles is really small, which is why she’s so good at flipping.

    A female boxer at this level would decimate a male boxer who isn’t genetically selected for and who hasn’t trained his whole life to get to that level. Being male doesn’t make one good at sports.

    On the scale youre talking about, the government would be complicit in widescale corruption to rig a single event in an event where there’s no money involved for the winner, requiring several hundred people to be the athletes who might be good enough to go to the event, boatloads of money to train them, and even then, they might get one through the event if the athlete isn’t injured. All for what reward? A single relatively worthless gold medal?

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      3 months ago

      Your argument is, basically, that a man is better than a woman at sports, just because he’s a man.

      No. Women should always have the option to compete against men, (and prove they are better), if they chose to. But just look at world records if you need concrete proof that males have an advantage.

      Many sports there is no physical advantage and some (e.g. climbing) women have the advantage.

      On the scale youre talking about, the government would be complicit in widescale corruption to rig a single event in an event where there’s no money involved for the winner,

      Not a single event, this could be done for multiple events, even without the athlete’s knowledge. For the first decade only a few record keepers need to be in the conspiracy.

      All for what reward? A single relatively worthless gold medal?

      Why? You should ask cold war Russia.

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          3 months ago

          The person you are responding seems uninformed on the topic of Imane and in spreading misinform.

          However, Russia does have a sordid history messing with international sports. Look up all the scandals in figure skating and also last year Olympics. I’m not sure why they do it. I think it has to do with projecting power on the world stage.

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          3 months ago
          • Propaganda and ideological superiority of communism.

          • Cold war rivalry. Proxy battle.

          • National pride and unity.

          • International prestige.

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            3 months ago

            So nothing important then.

            Yes, you’ve definitely come up with a plausible reason why a Muslim country would be okay with a transgender athlete. Algeria is just desperate for international prestige. It will definitely do something or other.

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              Yes, you’ve definitely come up with a plausible reason why a Muslim country would be okay with a transgender athlete.

              Have I? Strange. I wasn’t asked that question.

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                3 months ago

                I love how your whole conversation here is like “I’m not saying Khelif isn’t a woman and shouldn’t compete, but someone who is a person who boxes women that I have not named, but have decided is not a woman, should not compete with women. But I’m not saying it’s Khelif.”