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Inclusivity is the death of society and the birth of mediocrity.I'm surprised no one yet mentioned the absurd irony that as a man who wants to be more masculine, even the most open minded Dr's will only give me a script for TRT that will take me into 1100-1200 range at best.
Were I a man who wanted to be a woman, Docs will gladly provide me with antiandrogens to suppress me from 700 down to 70.
Were I a woman who wants to be a man, they will Rx me Testosterone that will bring me to ten times over biological female range.
Oddly enough if I was a prepubescent boy wanting to accelerate into manhood with an RX, a doctor would encourage me to wait until I was 21 or 22 and only use exogenous hormones if I was well under normal range. He'd probably give me a stern talking to about the dangers of AAS, and possibly even warn my parents that my body dysmorphia could lead to dangerous behaviors in my teen years.
Were I a prepubescent girl requesting testosterone from my Dr. to transition to a man, he'd likely say "well your timing couldn't be more perfect!"
As Dynamo87 said earlier in the thread "at some point the crazy button was pressed and we have been on steady slide ever since."
Getting back to the original post and "The promoters want to create a space for men who feel like they don’t belong in the sport." This is illogical and absurd on its face. Sports are, by their nature, non-inclusive. If you "feel" like you don't belong in a sport, then you have to work to become someone who belongs. If you lack the genetics or anything else to have the work pay off, well, life isn't fair and the fact is, you don't belong. Not everyone can run a 40 yard dash in just over 4 seconds. Not everyone can vertical jump 44" in the air. Not everyone can toss a football 70 yards with accuracy or a baseball at 90mph. This is why sports are entertaining, because we are watching gifted people who train hard do incredible things. It is also why sports are a business. Ticket sales, advertising spots, sponsorships, and every other stream of revenue associated with sports is because gifted people capable of amazing feats, perform them as we watch. If you had a strongman competition for mildly strong average Joes, no one is going to pay to see that, or pay for an ad, nor sponsor an average guy for benching 95 lbs. on a machine.
It would be like saying "let's add a class to Olympic Diving competitions for people who don't know how to dive" or "there should be a few bouts in every UFC for people who have no fight skill, training, or experience, who are unathletic and do not have a competitive and combative nature." I mean how far does the slippery slope go. If you follow the logical thread, it's not just competing at a lower bar, it's like saying "you get to be in the competition without competing". I want to be in Wimbledon. I've never played tennis. I don't have a racquet. In fact I don't even really want to play per se, I just want to be included because I feel excluded. So I would like to walk onto the court wearing old sweats and a baseball cap, sit on my lawn chair and eat ice cream, while the crowd looks at me. Doesn't matter if my opponent is world ranked and zings 90mph forehands by me, or also sits at his end of the court reading a comic book. Thanks for including me. I feel better now.
OK rant over....
"This world needs an enema"- George Carlin
Nothing that I can think of has ever improved by making it more inclusive.