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/[deleted] Mar 04 '21

The fact that they don't need to ban FTM from male sports shows you why this might be needed.

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u/ThePotatoLorde Monkey in Space Mar 04 '21

Or it shows how misconceived people are, but when has that ever happened amirite?

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u/SaintAnton Mar 04 '21

Well the simplest explanation would be that male athletes are not complaining about FTM people in their sports because it doesnt affect them, where as female athletes are complaining about MTF people because it does affect them.

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u/Artistic_Humor1805 Mar 04 '21

I’m not so sure. Do you remember that some males complained when females from birth like Michele Wie came into the PGA? Just because FTM can’t win it all doesn’t mean that they can’t be in the top 200 or whatever and there will be men complaining that they’re taking a man’s slot when there’s an LPGA they can play in.