i need to begin with my previous caveat that i don't follow sports and don't like competition or competitive people, but the issue of transgender athletes is again appearing at the olympics, where a third gender called 'mike tyson' has appeared, leading to confusion and outrage. members of the other two genders are being advised to cover their ears.

my general suggestion is to pool by categories like weight, which is done in boxing. it seems wrong, i'll grant you that. but, both of the athletes with y chromosomes have been defeated by women without y chromosomes and there's little conclusion to draw but that this particular female athlete just didn't have the balls to take this...thing....on.

it looks bad, but it seems to be legitimate.

is weight the best category for female boxing, or should they choose something like bmi? i don't know. ask a boxer. i know i wouldn't want to fight the boxer from italy that went down immediately, or any other female boxer in my weight category.