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[–]Tikiri 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think there will be a sizable backlash if and when MtFs are allowed to compete in the Olympics, because the amount of women soundly defeated by natal men will be something no-one can ignore. This won’t be a concern at all when it comes to FtMs because they just won’t win against biological men in sports, unless they’re in a team situation (and even that’s a strong maybe given how a physically weak(er) female could be a possible liability in a male team.

However, I just don’t know how far it can get in an Olympics-level event. For instance, given the fact that there are prominent gay male ice skaters, I can see a scenario where one who suffers from dysphoria will insist on competing as a female ice-skater (those “skirt-go-spinny” costumes will probably be a huuuuge fetish!😂), and if allowed to do so could well leave the female skaters in the dust. A scenario like that will peak a lot of people, i.m.o. Or ... what about gymnastics? That’s another sport which I can see being an extremely fetishistic draw for dysphoric and/or AGP males, due to the tiny, almost childlike size of the female athletes, plus their weirdly sexualized outfits. I can also see MtFs who took puberty blockers arguing that they belong in women’s gymnastics because many (if not most) female gymnasts experience unnaturally delayed puberty. If they’re allowed in, it’s another sport where I can see the males trouncing the female athletes.

Both are scenarios that I can see happening if the males in female sports trend continues, and both will cause some serious outrage, far more i.m.ho. than will males in “rougher” female sports like rugby and MMA fighting ... and those are already raising huge concerns.

But, again, I don’t know how far this stuff will have to progress before people just peak. And given how far it’s progressed already, there’s going to a global situation where federal governments will have to step in to put an end to it. I just hope and pray that won’t take decades (if not longer) to happen.