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GungnirSniper writes:
"CNN reports a 'transgender woman prohibited from competing in a strength competition as a female is suing' CrossFit for sponsoring the competition. The plaintiff, Chloie Jonnson, 'had sexual reassignment surgery in 2006 and has been on female hormone therapy, according to her lawsuit.' She is also 'legally recognized by California as a woman.'
CrossFit maintains that Jonnson was born as a male, so she should compete in the men's division, according to a letter from the company's lawyer to Jonnson's attorney. It also stated that the company had an 'obligation to protect the 'rights' of all competitors and the competition itself.'
'The fundamental, ineluctable fact is that a male competitor who has a sex reassignment procedure still has a genetic makeup that confers a physical and physiological advantage over women,' according to the letter from CrossFit's lawyer sent in October.
This comes shortly after the Virginia High School League changed its rules to allow transgender students to play sports. Slate has its take on 'arguable concerns of unfair advantage.'
Should the rules take into account the age the person transitioned, hormone levels, or surgical status?"
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 08 2014, @01:28AM
Women are better at sewing. Women are better at delicate things, something to do with how their brain is structured. I used to help teach swimming and girls/women would learn all the subtle movements much quicker while men would learn the big giant/general movements faster. I taught it the same to both but for some reason the difference persisted and I'm not the only one who noticed it. All the swim instructors/assistants (male and female) pretty much said the same thing, women get subtle, detailed, delicate movements faster (and move their way towards getting the more general movements later as they get better) while men get general movements/the general picture faster moving in the exact opposite direction (getting all the subtleties later).
Another thing I noticed is that women tend to get foreign accents much better. I can say something in Arabic several times to another guy who wants to repeat it and they would still pronounce it completely wrong. I say it once or twice to a woman who wants to say it and it's pronounced perfectly. My attempts to speak Spanish have lead to such a horrid accent that people often have a hard time understanding me. Yet I know women who came to the U.S. at twenty something and, while they have a slight accent, it's not nearly as bad as males I know who came to the U.S. at like 17 or younger even.
I suspect when learning a new language women would be quick to understand the specifics but would be hard pressed to get the general idea but men would be the exact opposite. The accent is a very subtle thing to master which is why guys just suck at it.