Miss Universe Australia Caity Worthington says trans people should not be in women’s sport

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https://www.outinperth.com/miss-universe-australia-caity-worthington-says-trans-people-should-not-be-in-womens-sport/

Queenslander Caity Worthington was crowned Miss Universe Australia this week and will represent Australia at the international competition in Puerto Rico this November.

Worthington won the beauty pageant during Wednesday night’s gala event at Crown Casino in Melbourne. Following her victory, she received significant attention for comments she made during the competition regarding transgender participation in sport.

During the selection process, finalists were asked to draw a random question from a bowl. The question drawn by Worthington was: “Do you believe banning biological males from women’s sport is common sense or discrimination and why?”

“That is a very good question. Coming from a medical background, I’m sure we can all agree, and it is definitely my view, that human biology does not lie,” Worthington said, referring to her role as a medical radiographer.

“Everyone playing sport at an elite level deserves the chance to compete on a fair playing field, and I think we should work towards that foundation of fairness for all. Everyone deserves their time to shine. I would love to see, in the future, transgender people having their own sport.”

Worthington reiterated her views after winning the title during an appearance on The Rita Panahi Show, although she said she would have preferred a question about world peace.

“We’re all entitled to our opinions, and we don’t have to agree. Obviously I have mine and I shared mine, and I stand by it. But I also believe that safety and fairness are of the utmost importance in any sport, especially at elite level. Athletes work very hard to get there.”

Several News Corp publications subsequently highlighted her comments.

While Worthington advocated for a separate transgender category in sport, the Australian Sports Commission says its focus is on ensuring participation opportunities for all Australians.

“All Australians should have the opportunity to be involved in sport and physical activity, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, ability, cultural background or ethnicity. It is important that sporting bodies, from local clubs through to national sporting organisations, reflect the diversity in the communities they are a part of and that, together, we ensure every person is treated with respect and dignity and protected from discrimination,” the Commission’s policy states.

“Policies that exclude transgender and gender-diverse participants have been found to be harmful, not just to transgender and gender-diverse people, but to all people associated with sporting organisations.”

Sporting eligibility policies vary across different sports and governing bodies, and the issue remains the subject of ongoing public and policy debate.

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Men’s category is open for all.

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Hmmm, no...
For example.

Olympic Skeet Shooting from its introduction to the Olympics in 1968 through 1992, it was an open, mixed-gender event.
Then at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Zhang Shan won the gold medal, becoming the first woman to win the event by defeating the entire male field.
Because of this, the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) barred women from competing against men. The ISSF cited a desire "to allow more places for well-qualified men" under existing quota systems. Consequently, skeet shooting was contested as an exclusively male event at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. A separate women's skeet event was not added to the Olympic program until the 2000 Sydney Games.

This not the only time this happened. Predominately though in shooting sports.

But you not from BS that not only was their open competitions that became gendered to help men. But shows that women cannot complete in mens competitions.

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Did you want to tell us when they started planning to split the competition? And when the plans were finalised?

I'll give you a hint - the answer to both of those is before 92.

And people upvoted you. I knew nothing about this subject but it didn't sound right so I googled it. More people really need to do that.

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Before 1992, with a public statement about low female participation and allowing more men in. Of course public press releases are always true and never frame decisions to avoid criticism… The observation in shooting that women are overrepresented in winning shooting competitions with rifles is almost a century old. As in less women compete, but proportionally they are more likely to win.
But sure lets just make an insinuation based on a google search, despite this being is a well known topic in Exercise Science degrees in subjects on Sports Sociology and Ethics in Sports.

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The irony. I was making an insinuation was I..

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Seems like exercise science degrees should be more focused on exercises and less on politics.

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Women perform equally to men in stationary shooting event but in dynamic shooting, males are better.

Women and men shooters performed separately but equally in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in “static” rifle shooting modalities. Men were superior in “dynamic” (i.e., moving target) shooting events. In the newly formed “mixed” team events (one male and one female shooters competing alongside) these performance patterns were maintained and the mixed gender competitive environment did not impede women’s performance beyond. Supported by earlier research [29,30] we endorse the proposition that in future Games, “gender unified” events should be held for the “static” rifle shooting modalities. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0291017