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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
If you can name five such people who actually have this condition and who (keeping it in the scope of this thread) legitimately would qualify otherwise to compete in the Olympics, I'll grant the point. Otherwise it is mere sophistry.
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I'll assume that there wouldn't be any, because they've already been told they had to live with the shame of being "other" and no one would pick them anyway as a result. On the other hand, if being something other than straight hetero biological AND psychological male or female only were accepted by society - not as "common" but as "not an aberration/defect of nature worthy of scorn and shame" then there might well have been some, by now.
It's not sophistry. It's called acceptance of "other" even if you don't understand it, or like it, and trying to include everyone in whatever capacity they are able and interested.
No one needs a participation trophy. But everyone should have the opportunity to participate.