If gender-specific athletic ability can be accurately measured, yes, trans athletes who fall in range of cis athletes can compete with them
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Next question is, do you think transgenderism means we have to begin accepting things like 'transracial' identities, or does brain science..
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..allow us to dismiss the latter and accept the former?
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I don't think there is any evidence for transracialism & also looks like a slippery slope concern. Tackle that issue on its own if arises
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So a white guy claiming he feels like a black guy is not evidence enough? We need science to confirm a biological basis for it?
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Just to be clear, I think transracialism is bullshit.
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Seems very likely. But even if there was science, I don't know how this would make someone feel any race, anyway.
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I'm having testing now which might well reveal that my grandmother was an Ashkenazi Jew. Will I then be able to 'feel' more Jewish? Nope.
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So the difference is gender is something you can feel while race is not?
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Yes,of course.Gender is hard to define but femininity/masculinity does exist & is correlated with cognitive, psych & behavioural differences
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Also, closely connected to sexuality and often transgender studies find results almost entirely confounded with those for homosexuality.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @knwledgepursuer
The science is complex & my understanding is limited but differences are in brains & hormones & you 'feel' the effects of these.
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