Score zero
More more more men.
That is some baaaaaaaaaaaad gymnastics in that photo.
The full tweet:
Gymnastics Australia changes guidelines to allow Transgender athletes to compete in the women’s category and for biological males to undress in girls locker rooms and showers. 93% of 800,000 Australians involved in gymnastics are under the age of 12. Under the new rules, biological males will be allowed to compete in whichever category matches their gender identity and will be allowed to wear women’s uniforms. They will also be allowed to undress in women’s locker rooms and showers, regardless of their genitalia. The director for Gymnastics Australia defended the decision saying “Diversity ensures our sport is better for all involved, and we want everyone to feel comfortable and supported as part of the gymnastics community.” Source: Sky News Australia
“Diversity” may make their sport better, but letting men invade women’s sport obviously will make it much much worse.
To borrow some terminology from Roy and H.G., he falls far short of the flat bag standard.
Every time I read “we want everyone to feel comfortable and supported” I wish so strongly to bring back the old fashioned term everyman and swap it in to make their actual meaning clear.
“Everyone,” that is except for all the girls and women in the women’s locker room. He can put on whatever outfit he wants in the men’s locker room.
I can maybe see an argument that there isn’t a male competition on balance beam or uneven parallel bars. There is a male division for floor exercise and vault. They could have a separate male competition in the two disciplines not generally offered for men. The men’s gymnastics competition is in six disciplines, rather than four for women. The men’s events include: vault, floor exercise, parallel bars, high bar, rings, and pommel horse. The men’s separate events — parallel bars, high bar, rings, and pommel horse — emphasize upper body strength, in which men typically far excel over women, because of biological differences between the sexes.
If I was a bettor I would lay down big cash that this is a concerted effort to drive women and girls out of sports.
Looks to me like it was probably set up under supervision and specifications supplied by Al-Quaeda.