▲ 51 ▼ I-638 Supporter Clarifies They’re Not Anti-Trans, Just Anti-Female (theneedling.com) submitted 1 day ago by CombatWombat@feddit.online to c/theonion@midwest.social 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments After advocating for and celebrating the passage of I-638—which effectively forces every girl to get a genital exam in order to play school sports—one local man says he’s tired of everyone assuming…
[–] RFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.works 2 points 19 hours ago (3 children) Why not a blood test, if they're determined to be assholes? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Firebirdie713@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 17 hours ago (2 children) The actual answer is because karyotype testing (testing of biological sex determinations) results in a whole bunch of cis people discovering that they are intersex. Similarly to why they stopped doing eye color punnit squares in schools, because there are a few more factors in eye color and it was leading to kids thinking they were the result of an affair. Any time there is a test that would uppend the life of the person being tested for no real good reason, we err on the side of not causing a problem if we don't need to. Should go without saying, but this test should also be included in that, and genital testing should never be a requirement for something as low stakes as sports. We don't test for hyperflexibility, naturally high T levels, or any other genetic advantage someone could have, and any "advantage" a trans person could have (which has never been proven in any scientific study) pales in comparison to the natural advantage some cis people have over other cis people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago Thanks for the thoughtful reply, they should just mind their own fucking business. permalink fedilink source parent [–] StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 1 point 15 hours ago I mean, if they're not on hormone therapy a trans woman would absolutely have an advantage over a CIS woman. Testosterone is a hell of a drug. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Firebirdie713@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 17 hours ago (2 children) The actual answer is because karyotype testing (testing of biological sex determinations) results in a whole bunch of cis people discovering that they are intersex. Similarly to why they stopped doing eye color punnit squares in schools, because there are a few more factors in eye color and it was leading to kids thinking they were the result of an affair. Any time there is a test that would uppend the life of the person being tested for no real good reason, we err on the side of not causing a problem if we don't need to. Should go without saying, but this test should also be included in that, and genital testing should never be a requirement for something as low stakes as sports. We don't test for hyperflexibility, naturally high T levels, or any other genetic advantage someone could have, and any "advantage" a trans person could have (which has never been proven in any scientific study) pales in comparison to the natural advantage some cis people have over other cis people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago Thanks for the thoughtful reply, they should just mind their own fucking business. permalink fedilink source parent [–] StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 1 point 15 hours ago I mean, if they're not on hormone therapy a trans woman would absolutely have an advantage over a CIS woman. Testosterone is a hell of a drug. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago Thanks for the thoughtful reply, they should just mind their own fucking business. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 1 point 15 hours ago I mean, if they're not on hormone therapy a trans woman would absolutely have an advantage over a CIS woman. Testosterone is a hell of a drug. permalink fedilink source parent