pointing out the obvious part wrote:
Help me out with this, because I’m actually missing the controversy about Henig. He ig was born female, hadn’t had any hormone therapy (as stated in the article), but intends after college to take it to transition to being a male.
What exactly is the problem? I’m unsure how I feel about Thomas competing as a female, but most people that are worried about women’s sports maintain that the sex you are born as is the one you compete as. Since Henig isn’t taking hormones, Henig can identify as male, but is biologically female.
Someone explain the uproar.
The problem is you're using normal logic rather than holding them to their own standards. If you hold them to their own standards then a logical inconsistency is revealed.
The trans man from Upenn wants to compete with women bc he thinks he's a woman.
However the trans woman from Yale also competes with women, despite believing she is a man.
If the woman from Yale wants to be a man then why is she competing with women? Why doesn't she go and compete with men?
These are the questions that arise if you follow their logic.
My common sense position is that if she's actually not doping yet then she is a fantastic female athlete who earned her victory and she should continue competing as a woman. If she's not doping yet then there is no problem, so long as you ignore the logical inconsistency between what she says and what she does.