One of the more contentious debates that I see are those about allowing “male to female” transgender to compete in female divisions.
What I find astonishing is that are are some who have very loud voices who honestly do not understand what a statistical advantage biological males have.
Let’s look at weight lifting.
This female lifter is Olympic caliber and she recently clean and jerked 300+ lb in practice. Yes, that is stronger than the vast majority of gym-bros and would be respectable for, say, a D3 lineman.
Pretty impressive! But look at how a top male weightlifter handles that amount of weight:
Yes, I know, more than most, how heavy that is: (handles are 4 inches higher than a neutral grip; some trap bars have 8 inch handles). I busted my gut to get this to my waist.
Life of an old goat 