If you think this is a R vs. D issue, you are a radical. A very high percentage of people on both sides believe that female athletes have an inherent disadvantage when compared to transwomen and, therefore, them competing on the same playing field is inherently unfair to the female athletes. We don't need this to be significantly more common to raise awareness and try to protect the female athlete. This is precisely when we should be talking about this.
This is yet another situation that proves that you cannot extricate science and faith. They are completely intertwined. Your worldview informs your views on science.
Though I would use a different approach than many on here, I do agree that engaging in this debate is fruitless if we cannot even agree what is a man and what is a woman. That is a premise that should be established first, and the rest will follow. The fact that we as a society have defaulted to allowing a transwoman to participate in female athletics tells us that we have already established a new societal norm, which is why many are arguing against it even though it is not yet common. It inevitably will become much more common unless we decide to engage in a process that ultimately changes this emerging societal norm.
This is yet another situation that proves that you cannot extricate science and faith. They are completely intertwined. Your worldview informs your views on science.
Though I would use a different approach than many on here, I do agree that engaging in this debate is fruitless if we cannot even agree what is a man and what is a woman. That is a premise that should be established first, and the rest will follow. The fact that we as a society have defaulted to allowing a transwoman to participate in female athletics tells us that we have already established a new societal norm, which is why many are arguing against it even though it is not yet common. It inevitably will become much more common unless we decide to engage in a process that ultimately changes this emerging societal norm.