(10-22-2018, 07:15 AM)PaulP link Wrote:What about 2 females, one a bodybuilder, the other a basket baller - both born female, one significantly taller, the other significantly stronger than most female players - should they be refused permission to play AFL/VFLW ?
Do we make exceptions for the majority to satisfy the minority, is that always to be the case?
How would you offer someone's average daughter the right to compete freely against peers of equal physicality and gender, have an equal opportunity to a professional sports career and without increased risk?
Will you volunteer to make the call if someone's granddaughter has her head caved in by an accidental on field collision with someone possessing a three decade old fully developed almost 200cm x 100kg male skeletal system! Sure I realise it might not happen, but shouldn't it be like The Doctor, do no harm!
(10-22-2018, 08:19 AM)Baggers link Wrote:What a vexing issue. A real 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' thing.
You'd love to see Moucey given the chance to do what she loves, but she does have an unfair advantage, but if you point out that advantage... you're a pr1ck, if you advocate for fairness and inclusion her on-field opponents can suffer. There must be another solution but the people in each corner of the debate are equally vehement... but it seems to me it aint an 'either/or' situation. In fact, I give up!! :-[
Life's tough, decisions we make have an effect on our lives, but that doesn't mean we owe Hannah Mouncey anything as compensation for the decisions she made in free will that have delivered her a tougher path than some! Certainly our daughters and grandaughters should not have to pay the price for our desire to have a clear conscience!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"