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Originally Posted by Fltpkr
I think that is a silly and completely illogical response to serious issue. No individual or family with children facing a sexual identity issue takes this lightly or treats it as a running joke. No one “wakes up one morning” deciding they are actually of a different sex - it is typically the consequence of years of nagging doubts, frustration and fear, and incredible heartache from trying to fit into the expectations of others and facing the most incredible cruelty when they don’t. Most Villagers are old enough and experienced enough to have met people from all walks of life and know that we are not all cut from the same cloth and sexuality is not some hard and fast rule that everyone fits into neatly. I am not speaking to the issue of athletic competition but to all the demeaning, thoughtless, crude and silly comments that this issue provokes.
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It's called abnormal behavior. A mental condition that should be addressed, not encouraged.
The Olympics authorities have drug testing for a reason. Enhancement drugs of any kind are prohibited, period. So a woman that has hormone therapy should NOT be allowed to participate. A man that "THINKS" he is a woman, dresses like one and identifies as one is not allowed to participate in female sports, period. What is so unreasonable about that?
If a guy wishes to imagine being a female, dress like one and act like one, that is fine. But, if he wishes to identify as one for sports, employment, benefits of any kind...he should be charged with fraud regardless of his mental state. That would be IF/IF they had such a charge...and they should. That's my opinion, and that does not make me intolerant, I just don't condone that kind of encouraged abnormal behavior. And don't try to convince me that this issue is anything other than abnormal behavior. It is not hate speech, just recognizing a scientific fact, that there is male DNA and there is female DNA. Pretend all you want, but pretending is a mental issue and pretending does not make fact.
We are not the only country participating in the Olympics. Other countries have a say also. If they wish to discriminate, we have very little to say in the matter.
A horse cannot participate in a dog race and the dog cannot participate in a horse race.