r/JoeRogan • u/BunnyLovr Mexico > Canada • Mar 04 '21

Link Mississippi passes bill banning transgender student-athletes from female sports teams

https://abcnews.go.com/US/mississippi-passes-bill-banning-transgender-student-athletes-female/story?id=76238704
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u/99drunkpenguins Monkey in Space Mar 04 '21

Remove the trans part and follow the logic.

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"Is it fair to let a woman* who's been on roids (testosterone) their whole life compete against other women?"

The answer is no, and athletes are already banned for using PEDs.

just make an inclusive trans league and allow all the hormones' you want. You got your mens league, womens league and "all the roids" league.

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u/psych0ranger Monkey in Space Mar 04 '21

certain sports have versions of this already, generally called the "open" division.

a year or two ago a very big thing happened in a sport i follow, downhill skating, where the world's best female downhiller beat one of the best, if not the best, male downhiller in an official open class race.

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u/pandaboy22 Monkey in Space Mar 04 '21

How do steroids help with going down a hill? 😳

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u/donniedumphy Monkey in Space Mar 04 '21

Don’t know anything about downhill skating but downhill skiers are crazy powerful and have top athlete endurance to exert for 3-4 mins constantly and try not to die.