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The existence of women's sports is a historical one that was reinforced at regular intervals by patriarchal assumptions that women are more fragile and need to be "protected" It doesn't reflect any statistical truth (1/2)

Aliette de Bodard@aliettedebodard.com

By the way here is some data on trans people's performance in sports bjsm.bmj.com/content/58/1... And here are some interesting articles on sex categories in sports journals.library.wustl.edu/lawreview/ar... www.researchgate.net/publication/... Spoilers: there are no good reasons to segregate

Money. Look at the difference in pay between men and women in sport. Professional male athletes make enough money that they don't need to do another job. Women, unless they are in the absolute top of their field, have to work ad thus cannot dedicate themselves to a sport as much as men can.

Also, men are on average taller, stronger and faster, all of which are characteristics which are advantageous when playing tennis. (but, if segregating, means one should sort out people based on size, strength, and speed, not gender, because the real difference comes from that)

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