Degendering sports is just about the dumbest thing I have heard today. So congrats.

Educate yourself about women in sports. When was title 9? Why was it necessary? Do you know the reason that women cite when they leave sports? Do you know that gyms weren’t gender desegregated until the late 80s? Did you do any research on any of this? Are you an athlete? If not why do you feel like you deserve a seat at the table to discuss this?

Ohhh, very hostile, and loaded with fun assumptions about me as a person! That must make you really smart. Bonus points for hyperbole about how totally dumb my post is.

You probably have a point, too, since nobody of merit has ever seriously considered it. Oops, nevermind: https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/40226990

There is a whole host of reasons why any group of people does anything. A common reason for women leaving sports is perceived sexism and discrimination. I know damn well what title 9 is and why it is necessary, but that doesn't change that we could move to a desegregated model that works in the future.

When gyms became gender desegregated is totally irrelevant to the point of this post, and I'm not even going to dignify your request for information about my athletic history because I don't feel like empowering you to use the same gatekeeping logic to disqualify other people from the discussion.

I'm not naive to the fact that segregation is one tactic used against discrimination in the case of athletics, but segregation can also be used to enforce discrimination (obviously). Separate but equal doesn't fucking work, as has been proven over and over, and that is a a significant factor that makes it more difficult for women to participate in athletics at all levels.

P.S. The people whose place "at the table" I question in any discussion are those who respond to genuine ideas with hostility and attempt to shut down conversation with empty, open-ended questions.