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Dec. 24th, 2025 02:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feotakahariPerson A: “These intersex women got insulted and called ‘men’ just because they were good at sports.”
Person B: “People are mad at trans women in sports even when those trans women are bad at sports.”
Person C: “Whether trans women should be banned from women’s sports isn’t determined by whether trans women are good at sports, and we shouldn’t argue based on the premise they’re bad or the premise they’re good.” (They didn’t say anything about intersex women, but I assume the same applies.)
I think C is arguing from the safest rhetorical position. Both A and B seem easy to undercut.
I’m partial to position D, but it’s a bit more granular than the others: “Black female athletes keep getting tested and determined to be intersex, while white female athletes who might be intersex aren’t forced to be tested. This is because racists already think black women are like men.”
Person B: “People are mad at trans women in sports even when those trans women are bad at sports.”
Person C: “Whether trans women should be banned from women’s sports isn’t determined by whether trans women are good at sports, and we shouldn’t argue based on the premise they’re bad or the premise they’re good.” (They didn’t say anything about intersex women, but I assume the same applies.)
I think C is arguing from the safest rhetorical position. Both A and B seem easy to undercut.
I’m partial to position D, but it’s a bit more granular than the others: “Black female athletes keep getting tested and determined to be intersex, while white female athletes who might be intersex aren’t forced to be tested. This is because racists already think black women are like men.”
