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In reply to the discussion: 16 Penn swimmers say transgender teammate Lia Thomas shouldn't be allowed to compete [View all]Jedi Guy
(3,289 posts)No matter what happens, it's going to be unfair to someone, whether that be Ms. Thomas and other transgender athletes like her, or the cisgender athletes against which they compete. It's simply a fact that Ms. Thomas, having gone through puberty as a male, has physiological advantages conferred by male biology. The fact that she went from #462 when competing as a male to #1 and shattering records when competing as a woman is all the evidence required on that point, really.
From a strictly utilitarian perspective, the "best" solution would be for her to compete in open teams. It's not fair to her, but it's the solution that presents the most fairness to the greatest number of people (or the least unfairness to the smallest number of people, depending on how one wants to look at it). So basically the classic "save one person tied to the train tracks or save ten" quandary.