There's a point which they come really close to making which I think needs to be considered from a different angle-- that thing about "It's making a joke out of the classifications, there are TWO categories, male & female"-- okay, well if THAT'S the problem, perhaps that distinction, those specific binary categories, should be eliminated. I'm not a sports expert, but I think in boxing, weight-lifting, & wrestling - those types of athletics - they have different categories based on size (lightweight, heavyweight, etc.) - if having a woman with a masculine disorder (which makes me want to ask if being a man is a disorder? so much fodder for standup comedy in that...) makes it unfair to other women, why separate on that distinction? If she's so much stronger (or whatever the issue is) than other women (although I have to say, seriously, at this level of competition, it's unfair that she's physically more capable than others? Isn't that the point? Maybe if it was an elementary school competition, fairness would matter and everyone could get a trophy, but I'm not going to complain that it's unfair that the women in the Olympics are better runners than I am, because yes, they are, and that's the point, and that's why they get medals & I watch them on TV! where was i?), then make the categories based on strength/genetic ability. Put her in a category with people in her range of ability, put the athletes who are so much less genetically capable than her in a category with others of THEIR range, etc. Then it could be "fair" & competitive & what matters is training.
If the shoe doesn't fit, you buy new shoes, you don't chop off your toes. Unless you're in Cinderella.
Yeah, there are a whole bunch of other gender and sex issues in here besides just the whole wimmins can't have men hormones, that's not fair. The idea that men and women should be separated in the first place because that's only right is kind of stupid to begin with, when men and women are equal in kinds of physical things. So. Yeah. This is all ridiculous.
And, leaving aside physical differences, & getting into a slightly different issue, WHY exactly are there separate men's & women's categories for the 100% non-physical competition of CHESS?
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WHAT SHOULD WE DO
I'M GONNA BUILD A BUNKER
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If the shoe doesn't fit, you buy new shoes, you don't chop off your toes.
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I can't articulate my distress, please accept this emoticon instead: (ﾉ≖益≖）ﾉ彡┻━┻
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