Conservatives tend to want things to always stay in the category they started in. Liberals tend to want things to be as fair to all as possible. The liberals have trouble when folks try to do two things that each prevent fairness in the other way. The conservatives have trouble when anybody puts their toes outside the (conservative-drawn) line.
A) If you’re not good enough to be competitive on the men’s team, you’re sure not going to be making records on the women’s team. There’s not THAT much difference in most sports.
B) Would anybody actually believe that a jock would want to become a woman and draw the ire of conservative homophobes and transphobes merely because he’s not the top man on the team?
Who is Bok worried about here? He doesn’t give a damn about women or women’s sports. He certainly doesn’t care about equity between men’s and women’s athletics. Apparently all Bok is worried about is the loss of sanctity of the mighty penis.
Compared with boys, girls had 10% less musculature. Data indicate that sex is an important determinant of strength well before the beginning of puberty. https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2242011369
Consistent with other research, these results demonstrated that adolescent boys had more strength than adolescent girls on all measures of strength, https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db139.htm
-Remove the GOP culture war talking point by banning those with an XY genotype from XX competitive sports where muscle strength is a factor.-
“Non Existent”? I see a product of Illiteracy that is plaguing our educational system. It takes a lot of Balls to dip your toe in that farce now, but when it reaches the “New Norm”, it will end women’s sports.
Most men, once they realize what is entailed to make such an extreme change, won’t do it. It’s not as simple as declaring you’re a woman. There are medical requirements that must be attained.
Frankly, anyone who does something like this, then after their sports career is over, decides they are a man after all, should have to give up all the awards earned. After all, this is not something someone just flippantly changes their mind about, and anyone who does, under those kind of circumstances, should be treated as suspect.
Please show us even one example where someone went through a sex change in order to compete in women’s sports. Just one.
That doesn’t mean there aren’t real issues with defining who should be eligible to compete in women’s sports, but trivializing the issue with this kind of falseness doesn’t help.
B 8671 over 2 years ago
It just shows that republican sycophant bok ignores the real problems.
Concretionist over 2 years ago
Conservatives tend to want things to always stay in the category they started in. Liberals tend to want things to be as fair to all as possible. The liberals have trouble when folks try to do two things that each prevent fairness in the other way. The conservatives have trouble when anybody puts their toes outside the (conservative-drawn) line.
GOGOPOWERANGERS over 2 years ago
March dumbness is better
suv2000 over 2 years ago
If you can’t play with the men then go play with the women and beat all the records.
suv2000 over 2 years ago
If you can’t play a little man give up loser
braindead Premium Member over 2 years ago
Bok, make sure you assign Gym Jordan to monitor the locker rooms.
Nebulous Premium Member over 2 years ago
A) If you’re not good enough to be competitive on the men’s team, you’re sure not going to be making records on the women’s team. There’s not THAT much difference in most sports.
B) Would anybody actually believe that a jock would want to become a woman and draw the ire of conservative homophobes and transphobes merely because he’s not the top man on the team?
WaitingMan over 2 years ago
Can Bok give even one example where a man had a sex change operation for the sole purpose of competing in women’s sports? Just one? Effing idiot.
Ontman over 2 years ago
It was hard enough to come out as Gay when I did. I can’t imagine the conflict Trans kids (and adults) go through.
mysterysciencefreezer over 2 years ago
You lot just cannot conceive that a transperson just wants to live their life, with no sinister, America-destroying ulterior motives, can you?
walfishj over 2 years ago
So, Chippie, since you are a failure as a MALE cartoonist, are you thinking of having YOUR gender changed?
Stephen Runnels Premium Member over 2 years ago
If Chip Bok wants to remain logically consistent, he no doubt also believes The Williams sisters should have played on the Men’s side of Tennis.
Durak Premium Member over 2 years ago
Who is Bok worried about here? He doesn’t give a damn about women or women’s sports. He certainly doesn’t care about equity between men’s and women’s athletics. Apparently all Bok is worried about is the loss of sanctity of the mighty penis.
jvo over 2 years ago
See what shaving your legs for speed leads to? :p
thelordthygod666 over 2 years ago
Compared with boys, girls had 10% less musculature. Data indicate that sex is an important determinant of strength well before the beginning of puberty. https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2242011369
Consistent with other research, these results demonstrated that adolescent boys had more strength than adolescent girls on all measures of strength, https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db139.htm
-Remove the GOP culture war talking point by banning those with an XY genotype from XX competitive sports where muscle strength is a factor.-
elvisgirl3 over 2 years ago
“Non Existent”? I see a product of Illiteracy that is plaguing our educational system. It takes a lot of Balls to dip your toe in that farce now, but when it reaches the “New Norm”, it will end women’s sports.
DrDon1 over 2 years ago
Bok’s concern for equity is underwhelming….
Retired engineer over 2 years ago
As long as you are willing to have a doctor castrate you and surgically alter your urinary tract so you can win a swimming contest…
ChristopherBurns over 2 years ago
Yeah…THAT’s why people get transgender surgery, to cheat in sports.
walkingmancomics over 2 years ago
would never happen
AndrewSihler over 2 years ago
Madness indeed. Where do people like Mr Bok get their “ideas”?
MTH Premium Member over 2 years ago
Spot On!
Viktor Sirin over 2 years ago
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-redefined-the-idea-of-2-sexes-is-overly-simplistic1/
kelloggs2066 over 2 years ago
Dems can’t even define what a Woman is these days.
GiantShetlandPony over 2 years ago
A problem that only a Republican would exploit.
Most men, once they realize what is entailed to make such an extreme change, won’t do it. It’s not as simple as declaring you’re a woman. There are medical requirements that must be attained.
Frankly, anyone who does something like this, then after their sports career is over, decides they are a man after all, should have to give up all the awards earned. After all, this is not something someone just flippantly changes their mind about, and anyone who does, under those kind of circumstances, should be treated as suspect.
Rich Douglas over 2 years ago
Please show us even one example where someone went through a sex change in order to compete in women’s sports. Just one.
That doesn’t mean there aren’t real issues with defining who should be eligible to compete in women’s sports, but trivializing the issue with this kind of falseness doesn’t help.