Should we stop splitting sports by gender and just let everybody compete together? (fedia.io)

submitted 2 months ago by atro_city@fedia.io to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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No more men's and women's league, no more "gender eligibility" requirements, a common dresscode, same standards and rules for all.

Edit: since it looks like people missing the word let: the suggestion isn't to force desegregation. It's to allow it or even make it the default. Someone else made a good suggestion: segregate by attributes specific to the sport. In boxing it's weight class, in basketball it could be height, in biking it could even be doped and non doped. Sex and gender need not be the very first thing to segregate by.

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[-] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

So if a woman was in the same weight class as Mike Tyson, you think they should be allowed to fight each other? And you think this would be a good look?

These hamfisted attempts at equality are actually the complete opposite.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago

First of all, heavy weight men =/= heavy weight women at the moment. The kg's aren't the same (men start at 90kg and women 80kg or something?). Second, Mike Tyson beat the shit out of fellow men. Are you going to set the bar for being a man at Mike Tyson? Every guy he beat was actually a woman?

I can't find how much Mike Tyson weighed for every of his fights. This says 99kgs. The heaviest woman I could find (why doesn't a DB exist to sort by kgs?) is Danielle Perkins at 88kg. That's 10kg of difference. No way they're even in the same class unless you leave it open ended. The weight classes would probably have to be redistributed and a new one added. Once a woman gets as heavy as Mike, she could compete against him.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth -2 points 2 months ago

Is it a worse look than what Tyson did to any of his real opponents because of the history of male violence against women, or is there something else you're getting at? And is whether or not it looks good what should be the driving force being decision making in sports?

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