Opinion piece written by
MSNBC Columnist. Katelyn Burns is a freelance journalist based in New England. She was the first openly transgender Capitol Hill reporter in U.S. history.
Who also admits to not having seen the movie.
It’s a male power fantasy in that it depicts out-of-shape, unathletic men constantly dunking on women.
False, the men in this movie were a state championship high school basketball team.
The movie takes two separate ideas — how individuals define their gender and how we structure trans participation in organized sports — and dishonestly conflates them.
It doesn't, because we are pretty far from having a universal compromise on this. There are plenty of men that simply identify, and they are able to compete as women. It still happens at the high school level, as the author admitted.
Lying lets them ignore what a gender transition does to a trans woman’s body. Even experts opposed to trans women participating in women's sports agree that athletic performance is severely degraded once trans women start estrogen treatment. Their concern is whether athletic performance is degraded enough to erase all alleged biological advantages.
This issue isn't even brought up in the movie, because there aren't any actual trans people in the movie. But the simple answer is that it doesn't. Hormone Therapy will degrade performance, but the effects of growing up as male has permanent effect on bone structure, bone density, musculature, etc. Which is why trans women still dominate even after transitioning.
Also why do these people focus so much on hormone therapy, when they claim there isn't an advantage? This person argued that women at a rec center would dribble circles around these men. The actors themselves said that they would take any women in 3 on 3 basketball, so take them up on it.
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123Guy (6490)
7 months ago
gah. didnt wish you to read it. sorry for that. :D I was whining about them turning OFF COMMENTING on their page. :) they are so weak. "Wurds hurt! Waaa waaa" :D
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AmeriGirl26 (12884)
6 months ago
I know, it is so annoying. This whole "words are violence" bullshit has gotten out of hand. There's a huge difference between someone being cruel and insulting towards you, and someone punching you in the face or beating you up. I know, because I've been in both scenarios, the second one involving blood. They are definitely not the same.
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