Posted by alexandra_k on May 14, 2021, at 3:57:49
In reply to Re: (((meatheads))), posted by alexandra_k on May 14, 2021, at 3:46:55
and then there's lauren hubbard.
sigh.
don't get me wrong i'm all for transgendered people *as people*.
but i am not at all for people who have passed through puberty with the benefits of male levels of testosterone and growth hormone competing as female in virtue of identifying socially with the gender. firstly, because you can't undo the benefits derived from bone density and muscle development from having passed through puberty as a male. secondly, because it drives females out of the sport. it isn't fair that she (i accept that) is allowed to compete with levels of testosterone many orders of magnitue higher than female athletes. it drives a competition whereby females are REQUIRED to undergo testosterone and other hormone supplimentation *for a time in their development* in order to be competitive later.
i know that there are many problems equalising sports generally and making things fair...
new zealand does particularly badly at training our athletes so they acquire valuable skills with which to give back to the sport when they have themselves retired as athletes.
that is to say gymnasts etc aren't typically trained in any aspect of training younger athletes. aren't trained in event management etc. aren't priorirised for those kinds of roles.
not anymore than our best studnets / best produers of essays or whatever are encouraged into administration roles within academia.
always to be exploited by people without capacity. to take our their resentment.
i don't see a bunch of kids or teenagers being inspired into olympic lifting with lauren hubbard coaching etc... maybe that's not so...
i don't know...
we don't really do olympic lifting in nz. it's all about the biggest bullies.
until they get to olympic level and get it handed to them by years and years and years and years and years of development and training and technical proficiency.
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