Should a post-op male to female transgender athlete be allowed to compete against women? More specifically in combat sports?
Joe Rogan, possibly the biggest podcaster among white males, a demographic Democrats struggle with, endorsed Bernie Sanders. A lot of Democrats rushed to denounce the endorsement even though the Bernie campaign embraced it enthusiastically. The Social Justice crowd is upset about Rogan's opposition to transgender people being able to compete in combat sports of their new gender. Specifically this point Rogan made is upsetting people.
Look, [Fox is] huge! She's not just huge, she's got a fucking man's face. I mean, you can wear all the lipstick you want. You want to be a woman and you want to take female hormones, you want to get a boob job, that's all fine. I support your life to live, your right to live as a woman.
Fight guys, yes. She has to fight guys. First of all, she's not really a she. She's a transgender, post-op person. The operation doesn't shave down your bone density. It doesn't change. You look at a man's hands and you look at a women's hands and they're built different. They're just thicker, they're stronger, your wrists are thicker, your elbows are thicker, your joints are thicker. Just the mechanical function of punching, a man can do it much harder than a woman can, period.
So should trans people be allowed to compete in combat sports of their preferred gender?
