This genre of post is so tired. Many male competitive leagues are not actually exclusive to male participants and there is a reason female competitors don’t tend cross over. Women’s leagues exist because the burden of sexism deeply impacts both their performance and experiences outside of matches with spectators, sponsors, commentators, governing organizations, peers, etc. Acknowledging that in no way concedes that “women are naturally weaker than men”.
Removing gender segregation does not disadvantage women for reasons of “biological inferiority” but because it collapses one of few spaces for female athletes to exist with that burden minimized. Do you really think that having to compete with serial rapists whose rabidly misogynistic fans carry out crusades against women they don’t like wouldn’t have any impact on the performance of female athletes?

















