Should Fallon Fox be able to fight women in her weight class?

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Kinda an old story but I'm recently learning about it. 
Back story if you don't know. Fallon fox is a transgender woman (male to female), she's also an MMA fighter recently forced to comout as transgender. The women she's already fought and naturally lost. Well one woman sustained injuries from the fight. Which kind of sparked an outrage among fellow MMA fighters. They don't think it's fair because she once was considered a man, meaning she has the natural Bone structure and strength of a man.

Personally I don't think she should be fighting females. She's naturally going to be stronger and hit harder. I'm sorry if I offend anyone by the terms I use that's not my intention. But biologically she's a man hitting a woman. And to me that's just not right at all.

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Trans women are women.

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1. Regardless of gender, if you are an MMA fighter, you are going to get hurt. Injuries are bound to happen. If a fighter is going to get butthurt over getting injuries, they shouldn't be there in the first place.

2. If Fallon is physically transitioning, they are likely going through hormone treatment. Which means that she is taking estrogen. Which means her body is changing to become more feminine, so perhaps she isn't as strong pre-hormones.

3. You say she shouldn't be hitting women. Does that mean she should fight men? You are contradicting yourself, because if she fought men, she would be the woman getting hit which you are oh so against.

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It sounds to me like you aren't too concerned about the fight 🤔🤔it sounds to me like maybe you're just transphobic 🤔🤔

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You can tell from the article title that this is a biased transphobic news source. "Female" should not be in quotation marks - the author has already decided that there is an issue here and is writing to convince the reader the same. If Fallon is undergoing hormonal treatments and she is in her weight class - then there is nothing wrong with her fighting fellow females. MMA is a dangerous sport and I feel like if a cisgender female had injured another cisgender female, the article would just be about the injuries rather than calling into question the victor's legitimacy as a woman.

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If it's in her weight class, yes. People get hurt in this sport all the time.

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I'm trans, here's my opinion:

The sex distinctions in sports exist because because testosterone makes men far stronger than women.  If you have gone through male puberty, either as a trans woman, who transitioned later in life, or a trans man, who has taken hormones, or if you are intersex and your body produces testosterone levels significantly above those found in average female bodies, then you have to compete in the men's version of the sport.

I believe, but am not certain, that if you are a trans woman who took t blockers before your male puberty could start and only went through puberty once, as a girl, then you shouldn't have any advantage over cis females and could then compete in women's sports.

Also trans men who have not taken testosterone could still choose to compete in either men's or women's sports, because competing in men's sports without t is basically competing with a handicap.  It's not unfair to other competitors.

This isn't a matter of gender, it's a matter of physical advantage.  Same reason we have weight classes in wrestling.

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If she was forced to come out as transgender I'm guessing she was pretty damn transitioned. When someone goes on estrogen and progesterone they actually start to lose the testosterone and guess what? That makes them equal. She is a female. Maybe be a little buffer, but have you seen female body builders?

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Trust me, I believe that she is a woman 100%. But transgenderism is seen as a medical condition, and maybe it should be a medical condition that makes her unable to fight in this? Maybe she should wait until she has transitioned more? I can see how this would be unfair.

Should Fallon Fox be able to fight women in her weight class?

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