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What is unnecessary gendered? (beehaw.org)

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I was watching pro golf coverage on the news and it seems so odd that men and women compete separately - same goes with pro bowling. Just seems weird to me that a game of skill is gendered when you can't even raise an argument that someone might have an advantage because of what's between their legs.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

We're not talking "average joe" taking on Serena Williams. It's pro-athletes on both sides.

And in most physical sports, being able to build muscle faster is considered an advantage. Even Serena Williams seems to agree on that point.

And yes, there are a lot of fragile egos in sports. So it makes sense to keep the leagues separate, as I said, it wouldn't do to have professionals cry foul and blame it on genders when they lost. There's enough stupid shit like that already.

Plus, if it turned out that it did make a difference, I don't think it would be as fun for the ones that didn't end up domineering the top placements.