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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
A woman is someone with a uterus. Except for women who have had hysterectomies. A woman is someone who can produce milk. Except - men can produce milk too (look it up - they absolutely can, just not to the same extent as women). Also except for women who have had mastectomies. A woman is someone who can give birth. Except those who can't.
It still begs the question: what to "do" about it? I mean I totally get the basketball leagues situation. A man who transitions to a woman, could possibly be a foot taller than the tallest woman in the league. It can certainly be an advantage. But is it enough of an advantage that the league should actually care about it? I'm not convinced it is. But I believe it's a valid question that deserves an answer, for anyone who actually gives a crap about professional basketball.
I don't care about competitive sports at all. None of them. So I have no horse in this race. (I do like riding horses. I just don't race them because - I don't care about competitive sports.)
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I think that the governing authority of each women's sports league needs to decide how much gender-switching they and their fans can tolerate. it seems like a tough decision to make. Any decision will upset some fans. ProfessionalTennis was not affected too adversely by allowing Renee Richards to play. It was predicted at the time that MANY male players would change sex just for the large prize money and the notoriety - that prediction never happened.
.......as far as the " men producing milk" I believe that NASA did some research on that general idea because in the far ahead future there may be several generational colony ships traveling to other star systems. I just mention that, but I don't really know the details. NASA does research on some unusual things.