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Post by vtcwbuff on Feb 26, 2018 11:35:42 GMT -5
I just read an article this AM about a HS wrestler that is in the process of transitioning from female to male. S(he) is taking testosterone. S(he) identifies as male, yet competed as a female and won the state championship as a female. How fair is that? The state of Texas requires that athletes compete under the gender on their birth certificate and they would not allow the wrestler to compete against males. So what's the answer to the fairness issue. Should females that identify as females be allowed to take steroids to level the playing field to better compete against transgender athletes?
Another question that keeps me awake at night. In this current atmosphere of "me too", if a male coach pats one of his female players on the ass after they make a great play is it a form of sexual harassment/assault? If a lesbian female coach pats one of her female players on the ass is it the same?
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Post by pinotbear on Feb 26, 2018 14:42:49 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't know the best way to handle the transitioning issue in sports competition. It sounds like the wrestler obeyed the Texas regulation, even 'tho they identified as male. So, follow the rules, and not your heart, and get an advantage - seems "off".
As far as the coaching/player interaction - having coached girls softball for 20 years, mostly middle school and high school ages - you don't pat 'em on their tuckus, period. Pat 'em on the shoulder, or, look 'em in the eye, nod, smile, and clap. If you minimize physical familiarity, then, you don't have as much of a potential problem. There's still all kinds of ways to put your foot wrong, verbally, etc., but there's rarely a need to get hands involved.
And, that cuts both ways. I remember one year in high school coaching, a new player in an early practice came up and put her arm around my waist, and kinda leaned into me. I said to her, gently, " y'know, you don't know me that well yet." If it had been a kid that I'd known for years, or a good friend of a daughter, I might've let it go - but, not with someone whom I did not know, and who did not know me.
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Post by swash on Feb 27, 2018 19:25:07 GMT -5
How long before a good-but-not-great boy decides to "fake it" just to make it to ___? All State, Scholarship, All star, Olympics, etc.
Hands-free coaching. In my day a coach might clock you for missing a tackle. Mostly gone, thankfully. Why is the butt-slap so much harder to eradicate?
On Edit: And YES. There will be cases that come to light where such behavior (regardless of the intent behind it - Lurid or Pure), will get people fired and/or in standing before a judge.
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