Everyone’s still talking about the Algerian boxer and I have some thoughts, too.
1. Imane Khelif is intersex, born with XY chromosomes but female equipment. Not trans. 100 years ago, everyone would say “woman” and have no reason to doubt it.
Natural biological sex is almost always clear, and I object to the intentional confusion of the issue by the Woke. But I also object to intentional ignorance of the cases and ways in which biological sex can be a complex matter, like this one.
Is it genetics or naturally developed body parts that make you male or female? Both necessarily? It’s rare you have to ask this question, but if you’re going to weigh in on this authoritatively, you should do so with humility.
It’s a fair question how to determine who should be allowed to compete in women’s sporting events. But we should have our facts straight when looking at this example.
2. Many have said something along the lines of “it used to be a crime for a man to hit a woman! You’d get locked up!”
The actual crime is assault, not man-hits-woman.
When two male boxers hit each other consensually as part of a match, it isn’t assault. When a man hits another on the street to humiliate him or take his stuff, it’s assault.
When the men and women in my kung fu class sparred with each other, it wasn’t assault.
I disagree with men (my mind isn’t quite made up on intersex people) being included in women’s sports because it’s lying. But if someone agrees with full knowledge to participate in such a match (I don’t know if Angela Carini knew), that’s their choice. The fight that proceeds within the rules is a consensual act, not a crime.
#olympics #trans #intersex #gender #grownostr
