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Of course; everything’s different. My point is when people you take issue with direct a name at you, it’s natural to expect push back.
I guess only time will tell; but there are lots of words I find offensive that has been deemed socially acceptable; E.G. People of color (due to its racist roots) Black people use of the U-word, etc. but I suspect this change is due to effort by activists and is a little more than just a natural evolution of language.
No. But then; It doesn’t have to be.
Muscle mass is the most reliable predictor of strength. You can also predict speed based upon twitch fibers versus slow fibers. There is plenty that can be done to make sports fairer and to create appropriate rankings.Well yes. Details!
I was only pointing out why there is push back from one but not the other.
Why on Earth would we want to do that?Well yes. Details!
Why would we want to level the field by introducing new types of physical class for athletes, such as those described by the poster I was responding to? Such as muscle mass ratios and other ways of grading classes of sporting events. As is already the case in sports like boxing.
Nobody wants to see a physical slob who is out of shape play sports, they want to see the best which requires the person who gets in the best physical shape when competing
Boxing is divided in weight classes not muscle mass ratios.
No; a man who is the same size of a woman will still have greater bone density, larger lung capacity, more stamina, quicker, IOW will still be a better athlete.
Boxing is divided into classes. That is what matters, based on physical difference, mass.
Nobody is gonna pay a lot of money to see 2 out of shape guys who has never trained before compete against each other; they wanna see the best. That's why women's sports are often a financial failure and have to be supported by the men's division; because they are not the best.
Personally, I don't follow any sports. So I guess I am biased in that I don't care. However I am sure sport is more than just about winning or losing and money. Maybe people are doing it for the wrong reasons?
Why am I not surprised???
Really? What else is professional sports about then?
You OBVIOUSLY don't follow professional sports!
Maybe a solution should be going by weight and not which genitals one has such as we see in wrestling and boxing.
It can be many of those things, but when it comes to professional sports, winning and money seems to be the most important.It's about a lot more than winning or losing money. For some people that's the main motivation, but not for most people.
Sports and art and theater and so on, can engage our neurology in very positive ways. Of course these things can be destructive, but they are often positive. It's not clear to me that watching violent sports is healthy - that's a complex question. But watching skilled performers executing non-violent sports is a big win for healthy neuro-systems
Because that would spell the end of women in professional sports because women would not stand a chance against men. BTW wrestling and boxing is separated by gender
To quote the (at times) hilarious Pierce Morgan:
Not that I do it on purpose or anything, but thinking about it, I seem to only call those transwomen "women" when they succesfully fooled me.
I wouldn't understand why, but if you did that would be your right.