06-06-2017, 09:20 AM
(06-06-2017, 12:18 AM)jason Wrote: I'm just curious. Do transgender athletes always "destroy" or dominate against young women? Or do we only get worked up when they they do? The reason I ask is that there are plenty of women in this world who can outrun, strike out, hit, hoop on, and in some cases physically beat the ass of many "average" men. When I was in my teens and early 20s, I played a lot of basketball. That doesn't mean that I could have dressed as a woman, walked on the lady Buckeye basketball team, and led them to the final 4. I (and many of you) would have been embarrassed if I tried. My curiosity doesn't compel me to investigate this phenomenon of transgenders ruining women's/ girls sports. Just thought someone may know how fequently this is happening
I think how often this happens is a good question, however, I think the question talks past what's really important here. All you need is one transgendered athlete to take their sport seriously and they effectively ruin the work and dreams of the women they're competing against. I think your question about "average men" is an interesting one, but I think in order to have a meaningful discussion about "average men" we would first need to define what an average man is in terms of an athlete.
From my perspective, when I was 15 years old I didn't take track and field seriously but I ran an 11.0 second 100m in the 10th grade. I never did any training other than school practices and those practices did not include weight training whatsoever. The average women's 100m time in the Olympics is around 10.9. That means I only ran 0.1 seconds slower than women training at the olympic level, and I wasn't even trying nor were my muscles fully developed at that age.
