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Gender segregation shouldn't be done in anything as far as I know. Just pit skill against skill.
Ehhhhhh... Sure some genders will have benefits in certain sports, but... so what?! Let the individuals with the skills be recognized.
At the level of world-class athletes, they're ALL genetic freaks of nature. Who the flying fuck cares what's between their legs?! They're already uniquely gifted. Just let the entire spectrum of humanity shine, for fuck's sake.
False, because "you're wrong but I won't tell you why" is not a valid argument and a useless contribution.
I'm sorry you feel that way. To avoid ambiguity, I'm criticizing your argument, not you as a person.
You're a bad person aren't you.
Probably because you're a weirdo that "criticized" them by stalking their account and mentioning irrelevant details in an attempt to insult someone that was trying to argue with you in good faith. The edit here is hilarious because you just make yourself look like more of a douchebag.
Yeah dude, you're a weirdo and a douchebag for clicking on someone's public profile and commenting on completely unrelated shit because you couldn't think of a better retort.
I'm also sorry that you are so out of your depth with me that you are unable to understand the concept of hyperbole, a basic literary device that everyone in the entire world engages in.
Let me clarify, I am a douchebag. But, no, we won't be diving into this "paradox of tolerance" bullshit.
You were being an asshole for the sake of being an asshole. I called you out for being an asshole. That doesn't make me an asshole. It just makes you a crybaby that can't handle what they dish out. Grow up.
I know you like engaging in internet arguments, especially to "win". I know this because you left an edit on your comment after you were blocked and you wanted the last laugh.
Here is the reality. You lost this argument. You can come back if you want, but you're blocked! And you can comment again to try and get your last laugh, but I promise you, any audience reading this will be making fun of you.
So good luck bud 👍 have a good night
What do you mean "skill against skill"?
In my perfect world, sports wouldn't be gendered, but would have some sort of class system like boxing weight classes. The best boxers in the world will be the heavyweights but smaller people can still compete against somebody their size. Why did boxing figure this out before basketball got height classes? I'll never know.
Another way of interpreting your comment is dismissing differences and simply making people all compete against each other. This would obviously exclude all women from most sports so you'd have to be a pretty committed misogynist to think that was preferable to gendered sports.
Like your boxing example.
On lichess.org new accounts gets the average Elo rating from where they can work their way up or down. In sports one can simply go to a club and start off with the beginners or where they or a coach think they could manage and work their way up.
This wouldn't be misogynist but bullying because heavyweight men/women would beat up featherweight men/women too.
It would be bullying and misogyny.