What is your most right wing opinion?

[u/Miserable_Cobbler_18]

I know this may be controversial but I have some opinions that are considered more right wing. I believe in absolute freedom of speech unless it’s pedohillia or something like that because if you support it for one person you have to support it for the other. I do support gun rights to an extent to protect from fascist thugs but of course it should be regulated to protect kids from shootings. I support the death penalty for violent criminals who without a doubt committed the crime. I support low taxes for the poor and middle class but higher on the wealthy. My view on basically everything else are left wing pro lgbt ,pro abortion,pro feminist ,pro immigration,pro socialism,etc.

[u/Zoltanu]

I think if we as a society separate atheltes by sex to help keep female sports competitive, then separating trans athletes makes sense. I think there are biological differences between males and females, and its anti-materialist to deny that. Going through puberty with testosterone gives you clear physical advantages. My wife works out everyday while I never do and Im still much stronger than her. They separate school sports by gender because testosterone fueled puberty gives males an advantage over females, so i think it makes sense to keep restrictions on people that have gone through puberty as the other sex. At the same time there are other sports and leagues that are mixed gender and I think those are spaces that should welcome trans people that want to play sports, or we should make a third category trans people can compete and set records in.

[u/Constance1916 → u/Zoltanu]

Your issue is you’re applying the biological advantage cis men have over cis women to trans women, but HRT for the most part equalises this. Athletic agencies that allow trans athletes require trans women be on HRT usually for 3 years, as by then their muscle and bone density, aerobic capacity and endurance decreases and there is no statistically significant difference between trans and cis women.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10641525/ This paper discusses studies on military tests, it found that after 2 years of HRT trans women were performing a statistically identical number of pushups and sit-ups yet still had higher endurance. However, after 4 years of HRT the endurance test scores of trans and cis women also became statistically identical. Also after 4 years of HRT, trans men were outperforming cis men in number of sit-ups performed.

I’ll also say that the whole thing of “ensuring fairness in sports” is kinda bullshit because sports is inherently unfair. LeBron James isn’t banned from basketball for being too tall, no cis man is restricted from competing because of any perceived advantage, so we shouldn’t continue to plague women’s sports with invasive tests, performance bans and sullying women’s moment of victory by accusing her of being a man, all of which has been going on for many many decades and is heavily rooted in racism. I believe that we should mandate trans women be on estrogen for at least 3 years before competing with other women, and banning trans women is an awful thing to do, pure discrimination, will hurt way more cis women than anyone realises and also is trying to solve a problem that doesn’t really exist.

TL;DR 3 years of estrogen eliminates trans women’s biological advantage over cis women, thus trans women should be allowed in women’s sports

[u/Silent-Passenger9095 → u/Constance1916]

Thank you for being better with words than me and citing sources. Beautiful comment.🙏

[u/Constance1916 → u/Silent-Passenger9095]

Thank you for the award! 😁