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kelseyfrogyesterday at 7:43 PM3 repliesview on HN

The solution is simple: class every sport like boxing.

Pick a sports-relevant metric and split into divisions. Some sports will naturally fall into gendered divisions, while others will have varying degrees of co-ed competition among competitors of similar ability.

The way out of this is not to pick a better scissor of sex or gender, it's to pick a better scissor of ability.


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baumyyesterday at 7:58 PM

This "solution" can really only be proposed by someone who has not played sports. This would simply result in women being unable to compete in sports professionally, outside of a couple small niches like ultra long distance swimming and a couple sub-disciplines of gymnastics.

I do not consider that to be a good thing.

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2muchcoffeemanyesterday at 7:53 PM

Doesn’t Boxing use weight classes?

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fourseventyyesterday at 10:35 PM

Dude, men are better than women at virtually every single sport. What are you talking about.