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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish the whole trans issue would just go away. Why is there more talk of trans stuff in the last three years than there was in the last 50?[/quote]

Same. Why do they even have to address this? Just keep whatever rules are currently in place. I don't care, do you?[/quote]

It is an issue because some people want to change the definition of women from adult human females to adult human females or people who want to be females. The current rules address women, which is why it is an issue now. [/quote]

The proper definition isn't as simple as a lot of people think. Whether someone is a woman and why it matters depends on context in a lot of situations. There are biological components and gender components. I think this is a good illustration. If you say that the distinction between man and woman in, say, swimming is a biological issue because testosterone gives biological males a lot of advantages, I think that's pretty defensible. But if you say it's a biological issue in chess, that doesn't make much sense. Maybe it's a cultural issue -- men are unwelcoming to women in chess or maybe women are not encouraged to study and play chess nearly as much as men are. But, if it's a cultural issue, then you have to look a lot harder at questions of gender than questions of biology. [/quote]

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