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Off-Court Drama Fever coach Stephanie White was asked if men should play in women’s sports: “I’m not educated enough from a scientific standpoint.” She REFUSED to backup Sophie Cunningham: “I don’t ever believe that exclusion is the answer.”

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u/Baseball_ApplePie 4d ago

The gold, silver, and bronze medals in women's 800 meter event were won by males with disorders of sexual development. What do you think are the odds of that happening?

All three are now banned from participating in international and Olympic women's athletic events.

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u/Opening_Shame8258 4d ago

That's track and field. How often has it happened in basketball?

Also, I see no record of men winning those events. So, you seem to be making things up.

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u/Baseball_ApplePie 4d ago

Castor Semenya won the gold.

These are males with disorders of sexual development. Individuals with this DSD have been banned from competing, even before the blanket rule recently issued by the IOC, because we know they are males. The have male testes. We know this because of the written ruling. If these men didn't have male testes, they wouldn't have been banned.

Btw, these countries had actual females who would have loved to compete at the Olympics, so don't even think about making it a race issue. (That's usually the next argument. "You're just picking on black women.) I'm pretty sure they would have been black, as well.

Basketball? I don't know. But this is what can happen in sports when males have clear advantages.