Pandantic [they/them]Jun 14, 2024

With the recent issues of transgendered people in sports, why don’t we move some sports over to a weight-class system?

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With the recent issues of transgendered people in sports, why don’t we move some sports over to a weight-class system? - midwest.social

Obviously this won’t work for all sports, but things like football, track, soccer, it would allow for de-gendered team, even allowing athletes with the skills but not the genetically-endowed physical attributes to have a place to play. Note: I know very little about sports and being on a sports team, so please point out anything that doesn’t make sense.

Show threadAshyrJun 15, 2024
I think because guys are pound for pound stronger than girls. I’ve read stories on Reddit years ago by girls who are wrestlers or fighters and get into a playful tussle with some random guy and they describe it as terrifying.
Do men really have more upper body strength than women?

While women's lower body strength is often in line with that of men, their upper body strength can be half as much. Why is this, and are there any long-term benefits to this difference in muscle makeup?

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Show threadPacmanlives

I remember Serena Williams making a comment that the men can just hit harder and faster. So even a sport like tennis men just have an advantage.

Having watched some badass girls wrestle dudes and win it’s an up hill battle. Women are typically stronger then men at a young age like single digit age but one puberty hits it’s all off the table.

Now shooting(archery/firearms) I have seen girls out preform men and it’s a fair sport of accuracy. Also in motor sports women can be competitive there and also have an advantage of being smaller and lighter. Every 100 lbs is a 1/10th a second

Jun 17, 2024 at 12:54amWeb
Show threadAshyrJun 17, 2024
Yeah, there was an exhibition match between Serena and Venus and the 203rd ranked male player.
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