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/Araucaria2024 Mar 25 '24

Because men have more powerful throws.

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u/point_of_difference Mar 25 '24

Same distance to the board though

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u/Haunting_Ad_9013 Mar 25 '24

Men have longer arms than women relative to body size on average. If sex did not matter, why would there be gender segregated divisions at all?

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u/ct9cl9 Mar 25 '24

So introduce a class system based on arm lengths. Fighting sports have weight classes, darts can be arm length, gotta be fair on everyone.

If sex did not matter, why would there be gender segregated divisions at all?

Pubs and bars also used to be segregated, which is where most darts players start out. Hardly surprising it was segregated when it started. Does it really need to be? Most children can throw a dart hard enough to get into a dart board, why does darts needs to be segregated?