Personally I think not having karma limits is nice currently! I understand why they were used but grinding karma as a lurker on reddit was frustrating.

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    I think that after HRT the difference is not that big. Trans athletes may even be at the disadvantage since there are some cis woman that have higher than average amount of testosterone.

    In the long shot I think it would be for the best to abolish gender based separation altogether and replace it with something more like weight categories.

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      There are things that don’t completely change with HRT (particularly when started after puberty.) Height, bone density, lung capacity, hand/foot/limb size etc. do not vary significantly after HRT and depending on the sport can make a huge difference (eg. Hand and foot size or lung capacity in swimming even where the two swimmers are the same height.)

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        Then we should allow people to access gender affirming treatment earlier, no?

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          That could be one conclusion since it may lead to more desirable outcomes. On the other hand, we generally don’t allow children to undergo other permanent procedures (eg. Nose jobs, tattoos etc.) because children change their minds. It can be argued that medical transition is necessary medical care (eg. like how we give chemo even though it may have permanent long-term effects.)

          However, since dysphoria is a psychiatric diagnosis (there’s nothing physical to test like a tumour) we cannot be sure in the same way that treatment is medically necessary. Therefore, I believe that the care providers should have to be extremely sure that the child is not going to detransition before making any medical moves like puberty blockers or HRT. I’m not convinced they can be sure enough or at least that they are being that rigorous (they clearly weren’t here: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62335665.)

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        Here is a surprise for you: HRT actually does things to your body. I don’t think this should have been that hard to find on your own, but I can’t judge your circumstances.

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          Transphobes always make the same tired arguments about “biological differences between men and women” and then scream and run away when you bring up actual science, because they don’t care about the science. They care about being bigots, and using science to make their bigotry look legitimate.

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          Mitochondria is the powerhouse of cell. I don’t think this should have been that hard to find on your own, but I can’t judge your circumstances. (You see, I can respond to things you did not ask as well!)

          Consider two 5’6" 65kg athletes, one man and one woman, are you saying that the man doesn’t have an advantage?

          How is your comment a response to my question? I was replying to your comment of

          abolish[ing] gender based separation altogether and replac[ing] it with something more like weight categories.

          which practically means stopping women from participating in sports

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        What does an athlete that’s a man have to do with trans people

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        Ok, that’s literally completely irrelevant to the topic at hand. You just flat out stated in this comment that you think that all trans women are actually just men. You’re flat out wrong about that.

        We have more than enough science that demostrates conclusively that a person on hormone therapy is athletically more similar to the sex they are transitioning to than the sex they were born in. You’re just ignoring all of that and pretending that it doesn’t exist. YOU might not like that it exists because it makes it clear that you’re just being a bigot, but it does exist, and it demonstrates exactly that.

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        Consider two 5’6" 65kg athletes, one man and one woman, are you saying that the man doesn’t have an advantage?

        No, my MMA teacher was female and she’d kick my arse regularly

        They had to reduce the size of field and the weight of ball. Even with that, the fastest bowl in the tournament was 130kmph

        Now you’re undermining your first point, you’re not comparing same heights and weight. Physics is real.

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          No, my MMA teacher was female and she’d kick my arse regularly

          I was going to object that this is an anecdote because it is, but after thinking about it more, because weight is being controlled for and men have higher bone density, I wonder if the woman might actually have the advantage if they have the same height and weight, depending on the sport. They might do better in soccer for instance if the disadvantage in lung capacity due to the smaller chest cavity isn’t too great.

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          Okay.

          Ellyse Perry, the fastest bowler in women’s cricket is 176cm at 60kg (amazing athlete, represented Australia at both Cricket and Football world cups!). Her fastest ball was 130.1kph

          Shoaib Akthar, the fastst bowler in men’s cricket is 180cm at 80kg. His fastest was 161kph

          Laws of cricket dictate that women should use a ball that is between 415⁄16 and 55⁄16 ounces (139.98 and 150.61 grams); which could be up to 13⁄16 ounces (23.03 grams) lighter than the ball used by the men.

          Also made me think, the whole height-weight distinction will only work in purely physical sports like boxing (maybe even some american sports like baseball and nfl). It is not going to work in global sports like Cricket and Football. Think about the greatest footballers of our generation. Cristiano was 183cm (6ft) and Messi 169cm (5ft 6in).

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              • his mass is 33% more and the ball goes 23% faster? Momentum is mass x velocity iirc.

              Do you understand why this statement is wrong?

              You’re mixing the mass of the person throwing the ball with the mass of the ball.

              • his mass is 33% more

              This would matter if he was flying himself at the batsman.

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                I’m not trying to be difficult, I just probably don’t understand. It’s been at least 30 years since I did physics.

                There’s only 3 things in the equation?

                Velocity = Momentum/Mass

                momentum is the product of the mass and velocity. It is a vector quantity, possessing a magnitude and a direction

                The ball gets its momentum from the mass and velocity, so size and speed of the bowler?

                Add in levers from long whippy limbs and you get the fastest ball for the size of bowler?

                Do biological males have longer whippier limbs? If not, then I don’t understand how a bowler of the same size and weight of either sex would have an advantage, assuming identical levels of access to playing and coaching from a young age.

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              I only pointed out the difference between the fastest. There’s plenty of shorter, leaner bowlers in men’s cricket who bowl faster than Perry. Kemar Roach for instance is in the same height and weight category as Perry and regularly bowls 150kph

              Tbf it’s expected. You know women going below 16-18% body fat is completely unhealthy while top male athletes are perfectly healthy at 6% or so

              Edit: wtf mate? Momentum is not mass of propeller times velocity. By your logic a sumo wrestler would easily be the fastest cricket bowler!

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                Momentum is mass x velocity. Google it.

                Would you rather get hit by a featherweight or heavyweight? Mass matters

                I’d say the difference between men and women’s cricket will reduce as women get more training and money, I don’t see any reason why not

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                  Yes dear friend, momentum is indeed mass x velocity. But we’re not talking about the speed at which the bowler runs. It’s the speed at which the bowl is propelled.

                  (to be clear, the lower mass of cricket ball in women’s cricket is a factor in reducing momentum. But we’re talking purely speed here)

                  Some women cricketers (outside Pakistan) earn more than Pakistani male cricketers already. And I must say, I’m a huge supporter. Unlike the WNBA in the US, women’s cricket is way more popular in rest of the world.

                  It’s a biological factor that women, generally, aren’t as physically strong as men and as a supporter of female athletes, abolishing gender boundaries is practically killing women’s sports. Here’s some more data you could’ve found out by googling: https://boysvswomen.com/#/

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                    Thanks, done a little googling, I’m not very au fait with the subject

                    I found this article that reinforces most of what you say, but also makes the comment:

                    Many of the limits for women’s sport will be determined by broader cultural change. That much was revealed by a remarkable study of throwing by boys and girls across the world. Aboriginal Australian girls threw the ball harder than those from anywhere else, and the gap with boys was smaller. One can infer that the way girls are raised elsewhere in the world impedes their physical development, and that a considerable portion of girls’ athletic inferiority elsewhere in the world owes to culture, not biology.

                    https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1104475/how-far-can-women-s-cricket-go