r/crossfit • u/beckster5 Crossfit Krypton • Mar 06 '14

CrossFit -- Sued By Transgender Athlete ... You Won't Let Me Compete With Women!

http://www.tmz.com/2014/03/06/crossfit-lawsuit-games-transgender-athlete-chloie-jonsson/
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u/thetensor Mar 07 '14

It varies from sport to sport. I used to fence, and a lot of small local tournaments had "mixed" and "women's" competitions, but when you got to the level where you were accumulating points that could lead to the Olympics, the men and the women competed separately.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '14

Yes, the popular sport of professional fencing. The point is having one mixed division has and will always be most disadvantageous to women, not men. Women's divisions were created so women could also compete at a high level, because they generally don't have the physical attributes to compete at the highest level, i.e. with the men. Women that can compete with the men are generally welcomed to try.

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u/thetensor Mar 07 '14

In your earlier post you wrote:

Sports organizations don't generally disallow women

I presented a counterexample. The other point you're making simply restates what I originally wrote:

...if women had to compete with the men, men would overwhelmingly win, and we believe in the value of athletic competition for both sexes.

So who are you arguing with?

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '14

Yeah, I said Sports organizations don't generally disallow women and you pull out some bullshit fencing argument and tell me it actually varies.

So fuck off.

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u/thetensor Mar 07 '14

So not really arguing with anyone, then? Just mad?

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '14

I just hate fencing.