Gender Identity In Sport

The podcast discusses the advantages and disadvantages of gender identity in sports. It mentions physical differences between male and female athletes, such as cardiovascular fitness and endurance. The case of a transgender athlete competing against the opposite gender is highlighted, with one athlete feeling that there was an unfair advantage. The blame is not solely placed on the athlete or the NCAA, as they are trying to promote inclusivity. The podcast suggests seeking opinions from different individuals to find a solution that promotes equality and prevents future issues. It emphasizes the need for big actions to address this complex issue and suggests not segregating transgender athletes into separate leagues. Hello everyone, my name is John Moe and this is episode 3 of the podcast and today I want to talk about gender identity within sport this is a big controversial topic because There's the positives. There's negatives. Everybody has different opinions on this You know, there's advantages and disadvantages So I just want to talk about some of the advantages and disadvantages and some scenarios that have happened in the real world So I want to start by talking about the advantages and disadvantages between female and male athletes so Cardiovascular fitness which is you know breathing which is oxygen has been proven to be well fitted with men due to their body size But if you look at endurance Endurance is more of a female athlete efficiency over males because of glycogen that woman carry So there's any different like positive and negatives when it comes to our physical differences but one more thing that I forgot to mention was physical strength and Usually that's lean towards men because of their muscle mass and their body a size index But how does this all come into play when a Transgender athlete competes with the opposite gender, which is what happened with University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines the swimmer raced against transgender athlete Leah Thomas in a 200 yard freestyle in the NCAA championship and Riley Gaines was she was glad that you know, there was change happening but she wasn't happy about what happened and Since she tied Leah Thomas for fifth place. They gave Leah Thomas the championship trophy because of publicity and they wanted this to be seen but Riley Gaines was upset because she felt like Leah Thomas had an unfair advantage in the pool because it required your power and required stamina and strength Which are all things that usually men are advantaged over women So when this comes into play who's in the right or wrong? Because you can't put it all on the athlete because the NCAA let Leah Thomas swim Because they're trying to make a change and they're trying to include Different genders and understand gender identity more so you can't put all the blame on the NCAA either so it's like based on different opinions and Facts about you know our physical differences What can you do to change? that outcome and You know prevent stuff like this from happening because you don't want to separate Transgenders and make them feel Not equal to everybody else because that's what we're trying to get rid of But at the same time if this keeps happening, it's just gonna cause more problems so You know maybe Implement a way to where this can all work out so like get opinions from different people all over the world different athletes all over the world just to see like is there a way that we can make this work without Having issues later on down the line So yeah, there's gonna be Big actions that have to be taking place to get this all figured out, and you know It's gonna be a time's work But I definitely don't think that transgender athletes should just be in their separate league or separate You know conference or anything because then that just takes away everything that they're trying to work towards to so you know I feel like the officials got to come together and you know decide on How things should go from a new standpoint, but I think you guys listen to the podcast and I can't wait to listen to yours