Alyssa Goss

Interesting historical fact, once women were allowed into sports all sports were co-ed, women exclusive sports were not introduced until women started to win prominent competitions. Looking back at a list of when women specific sports were introduced is almost comical, they tend to come a year or so after a woman athlete beat a bunch of men. Girls don't need segregated sporting events in order to protect their ability to compete, the segregation largely exists to protect the ego of boys. The only good reason for having both boys and girls teams for schools is that it allows more children to participate. I think we should move away from sex segregated sports and more towards divides based on weight, height, or skill acquisition. In the meantime, which team a child goes out for ought to be up to them and the adults who know them personally. Trying to leave that decision up to outsiders only invites discrimination. The children most often targeted by these kind of restrictive laws are cis girls who win too much and thus make themselves targets of jealous parents who don't like seeing their own children outclassed. There's no reason to give such pathetic and petty people more ammunition to hurt student athletes.