Transgender in women’s sports

[M]

Would a male figure skater measure up to a female with the judges?
I think not. You have nothing to go on as usual.

[Shiranu]

You've been very selective as usual with your examples.

>"Here is one example that doesn't match average, therefor the average is wrong."
>"You are very selective as usual with your examples."

You wanna try that one again, buddy?

[Mr.Obvious]

Fastest 100m by a male athlete.

9.58

Fastest 100m by a female

10.49

Both are world records but not worlds apart.

The difference need not be very large though. We are not the most sexualy dimorphic species on the planet. Nobody is claiming that.

What is more important, on the level of high grade competitive sports,  is that the difference is consistent. Which it does seem to be.

[PopeyesPappy]

The difference need not be very large though. We are not the most sexualy dimorphic species on the planet. Nobody is claiming that.

What is more important, on the level of high grade competitive sports,  is that the difference is consistent. Which it does seem to be.

I guess large is a matter of perspective. The difference between the men's and women's 100 meter is almost 10%. Which is what Shir said. The fastest man would complete the distance about 10 meters ahead of the fastest woman in the this event. That is a pretty big difference to me. That percentage is consistent through out most running events. It is even larger in jumping events at about 15%.

More telling is that athletic boys as young as 14 are faster and and can jump further than the women's world record holders. Post puberty males have a verafible physical advantage of females of any age.