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Hate To Say I Told You So

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How odd, Imane Khelif has withdrawn from a boxing competition immediately after it announced that all competitors must have mandatory sex testing (administered via a cheek swab), to check eligibility in to their category 🤔

You'd think this boxer would welcome the chance to prove to the world 'she' is not a man.

https://apnews.com/article/imane-khelif-sex-test-olympics-eindhoven-61eaa44549854d6a0d33f11b42f91631
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ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
If she wants to be treated as a woman in general life, then I'm all for it. BUT eligibility for competition in sex-restricted sporting events should be based on a genetic foundation, not personal preference.
SW-User
@ChipmunkErnie There's also no evidence that she's biologically male. It's all fevered right-wing speculation at the moment.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@SW-User Evidently she failed the chromosome test she was given in 2023 and disqualified by the IBF.
SW-User
@ChipmunkErnie The test was flawed, the results were not released. The testimony depended on a Russian boxing promoter with links to crime who gave his evidence on Telegram. No wonder the IOC let her compete.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@SW-User So, let her take the test instead of refusing it. Simple.
SW-User
@ChipmunkErnie She hasn't refused it. But sure, yes, let's. It hasn't been a problem in the past, though, has it? This whole controversy has nothing to do with sex. It's simply transphobia.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@SW-User No, it's equality in sports. And depending on what you google, she does seem to have refused the test, or at the least dropped out of competitions where the test is mandated.
Adogslife · 61-69, M
@SW-User Not a single remark I’ve read is transphobic. Trans is fine. Be who you want. However, being trans does not give you the right to compete as a biological woman. That infringes on their right to competitive fairness.

Furthermore, why is it always competition against women? Why do women have to always get the short end of the stick? Notice the argument isn’t ever about biological women transitioning to become “male” and competing against biological men. Why, because they’d lose. There’s an inherent flaw in a one sided argument.

Thus, it’s not transphobia. It’s biological women’s rights that’s at issue.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@Adogslife You make too much sense to fit into today's PC world where individual "rights" or "beliefs" seem to HAVE to outweigh common sense or the rights of others.
AngelUnforgiven · 51-55, F
@Adogslife that part ☝