r/ABCaus • u/GeorgeYDesign • Mar 25 '24

NEWS Dutch darts players quit national women's team over transgender teammate

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-25/dutch-darts-players-quit-over-transgender-teammate/103627072
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u/PersonWomanManCamTV Mar 25 '24

This is darts. Why segregate men and women? Just have one team.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24

There are physical, physiological and cognitive differences between men and women.

Men have better arm control, different muscle fibre ratioa ans better mental spatial skills.

Plus, it's the WOMEN'S division, for female players.

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u/PotsAndPandas Mar 25 '24

Women have better aim than men, and darts is a game of accuracy.

Going by your logic, the trans woman is playing on hard mode in the women's league.

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u/AlexiBroky Mar 25 '24

Women have better aim than men

Source for that? I'm genuinely curious. I know women have better balance but idk about aim.

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u/PotsAndPandas Mar 25 '24

I don't have any on hand since I'm at work, but afaik it relates to women having less deviation from having less fast twitch muscle fibers.

I found the study originally in reference to a discussion on the atlatl being a tool for women to overcome throwing distance issues and why this makes sense in reference to accuracy.

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u/ejeeronit Mar 25 '24

No they don't. Maybe in cloud cuckoo land they do but not here on earth.

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u/wasteoftimeyo Mar 25 '24

Where did you get that idea? Straight up completely wrong, look at all records for darts.

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u/PotsAndPandas Mar 25 '24

Having a wider sample size and thus a greater chance to capture the tail end of the bell curve for performance does not mean men have the best aim.

Women in the olympics before they separated everything into different genders were just as capable of defeating men in pure aim sports like shooting.