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[–]Riothamus 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Fuck this guy. Many men remember being pretty good at certain sports in high school and unknowingly beating the girls' national records while placing competitively-but-not-elite in their events. As a scrawny 17-year-old I beat the girls' then-record in the 5k and didn't even realize it til my time was tied by a girl five years later. She made national news. I got 25th that race in a state qualifying meet.

Had the top 25 runners all decided we identified as women that day it would not have been a banner day for women's athletics. It would have just been 25 teenage boys being attention whore assholes.

This dude has always had the right to compete. As a male. He's fighting for the privilege to dominate.