If Ronda Rousy were to fight a male MMA fighter at the height of her career, I would feel very uncomfortable watching it. I would watch Serena Williams play tennis against a man, though.
That reminds me that my college roommate was a decent tennis player--good enough to be on his small HS team, but not good enough to be on the college team. I remember how adamant he was that he could beat Serena Williams at tennis. I thought and think he was completely delusional, but he would go on and on about how much worse women players were than men. As a layperson, it does not see like that start of a difference in tennis compared to many other sports, but I think we can all agree that it is a huge difference for many sports, and I would imagine none of us would enjoy watching a man fight a woman, and while a transwomen no longer identifies as a man and I accept and respect that, in this one arena, I just think a transwoman who wants to compete will have to do it with their assigned-at-birth gender.
That reminds me that my college roommate was a decent tennis player--good enough to be on his small HS team, but not good enough to be on the college team. I remember how adamant he was that he could beat Serena Williams at tennis. I thought and think he was completely delusional, but he would go on and on about how much worse women players were than men. As a layperson, it does not see like that start of a difference in tennis compared to many other sports, but I think we can all agree that it is a huge difference for many sports, and I would imagine none of us would enjoy watching a man fight a woman, and while a transwomen no longer identifies as a man and I accept and respect that, in this one arena, I just think a transwoman who wants to compete will have to do it with their assigned-at-birth gender.
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