Darts! The thing that requires nothing more than at least one eye and one arm. It’s not a strength contest, nobody’s running anywhere or beating anyone up. There’s no way there’s some biological advantage there.
You know, at a certain point, you’re not arguing “AMAB bodies have an advantage due to X, Y, Z”, you’re just saying “women are inferior and can’t compete in anything”, and *that’s* not feminist at all.
spackysteve on
Good on her for standing in solidarity with all female sports professionals. Even in events where sex may not confer advantages, it is important to make sure that sex segregated tournaments remain so.
dispelthemyth on
I hear many complaints where combinations height, strength etc can have an impact but darts isn’t it, same with chess
These separations are over accessibility and imo it’s not worth walking out for facing a trans athlete that certainly holds no advantage like they can in cycling or swimming.
OirishM on
All powerful testosterone strikes again apparently /s
Marcuse0 on
There’s at least one high profile female player who competes in the men’s league. Not sure why you need mens and women’s darts in the first place tbh.
TheLimeyLemmon on
Players like Fallon Sherrock: “I don’t care who you are, I can beat you.”
Players like Deta Hedman: “That entrant was born a man, I’m going home.”
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*Darts.*
Darts! The thing that requires nothing more than at least one eye and one arm. It’s not a strength contest, nobody’s running anywhere or beating anyone up. There’s no way there’s some biological advantage there.
You know, at a certain point, you’re not arguing “AMAB bodies have an advantage due to X, Y, Z”, you’re just saying “women are inferior and can’t compete in anything”, and *that’s* not feminist at all.
Good on her for standing in solidarity with all female sports professionals. Even in events where sex may not confer advantages, it is important to make sure that sex segregated tournaments remain so.
I hear many complaints where combinations height, strength etc can have an impact but darts isn’t it, same with chess
These separations are over accessibility and imo it’s not worth walking out for facing a trans athlete that certainly holds no advantage like they can in cycling or swimming.
All powerful testosterone strikes again apparently /s
There’s at least one high profile female player who competes in the men’s league. Not sure why you need mens and women’s darts in the first place tbh.
Players like Fallon Sherrock: “I don’t care who you are, I can beat you.”
Players like Deta Hedman: “That entrant was born a man, I’m going home.”