Arizona House approves ban on transgender female athletes

Maquiscat · Mar 27, 2020

Sage3030 said: ↑

Except you get Dwayne Johnson, Terry Crews, and John Cena as well as most linebackers in the NFL labeled as obese. Not a measurement I’d put faith in for athletes.

https://www.menshealth.com/weight-loss/a19537796/the-problem-with-bmi/
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That's based upon the "rope and choke" method of measurement. People like those mentioned can get the immersion test with accounts for the difference between fat and muscle.

That said, I don't think BMI in and of itself is a good metric. Maybe one of several, but not by itself. I would think each sport would need it's own set to appropriately set up equivalent divisions.

Kranes56 · Mar 27, 2020

SEAL Team V said: ↑

Thank the good Lord that my state knows the physical difference between biological males and females.

Arizona House approves ban on transgender female athletes

ANDREW OXFORD | ARIZONA REPUBLIC | 4 hours ago

The Arizona House of Representatives passed a ban on transgender students participating in girls’ sports, a measure its sponsor argued is common sense but which opponents contended would allow for discrimination against young athletes.

HB 2706 would require interscholastic and intramural leagues to designate sports as co-educational, male or female based on what the law terms "biological sex." Teams or sports designated as "female" would be closed "to students of the male sex."

The law would apply at both public and private schools, including community colleges and universities.

If disputed, an athlete could establish their sex through a genetic test.

Initially, Barto's bill called for students to meet three different requirements. They would have needed to get a sworn doctor's statement detailing their student's genetic makeup, "internal and external reproductive anatomy" and "normal endogenously produced levels of testosterone."

Democrats decried the bill as invasive and harmful to transgender students.

In turn, Barto amended the bill, scaling it back to only require a genetic test.

Barto argued the bill sets firm rules when it comes to gender in competitive sports, particularly when there are titles and big scholarships on the line.

https://www.bing.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/4948158002
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So they want women to compete in men's sports? Weird.

Bluesguy · Mar 27, 2020

Maquiscat said: ↑

What about the SRY gene? That's the specific gene on the Y chromosome that triggers the changes into male. It can occasionally detach itself from the Y chromosome and also possibly attach itself to an X chromosome. So a person could be chromosomally female, but genetically and physically male. So what are they?

Also not necessarily a mutation. There are conditions where one is born physically female but is XY with the SRY present, but the SRY never activated.
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Why are you picking out these slivers of mutations in order to allow boys to compete against girls?

Marcotic · Mar 27, 2020

Sage3030 said: ↑

Except you get Dwayne Johnson, Terry Crews, and John Cena as well as most linebackers in the NFL labeled as obese. Not a measurement I’d put faith in for athletes.

https://www.menshealth.com/weight-loss/a19537796/the-problem-with-bmi/
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Well, that's what I get for skipping health class! Thanks for correcting me. Still, the idea of using some overall mass to muscle ratio and using that en lou of gender is sound.

fmw · Mar 27, 2020

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