What makes a person a particular gender?

[swallow]

Is there a gradual transition of times between genders, or is there a big gap? 

If the variation is discontinuous, then surely the easiest thing to do is place people, regardless of gender in groups where their time range fits.

You might even find there is a third group for people whose mixed gender characteristics give them a mixture of advantages and disadvantages.  You might even find a fourth group where people are extreme enough to slip off the end of the distribution curve. 

Take gender out of sport I say!

[Valmy]

Take gender out of sport I say!

Yeah, that would be great.  You might as well say take women out of sport.

But as people have already said in this thread it is sex that is in sport not gender.

[Caliga]

"Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina."
-Gay little kid from Kindergarden Cop

If a five year old knows the answer, how come some adults on here don't?

[swallow]

@ Valmy
Exactly.  It would be how well people do within their own time group.  It could even solve the drugs problem -there could be groups for the athletes who take the choice to risk their health to get a better performance

[Admiral Yi]

Is there a gradual transition of times between genders, or is there a big gap? 

If the variation is discontinuous, then surely the easiest thing to do is place people, regardless of gender in groups where their time range fits.

You might even find there is a third group for people whose mixed gender characteristics give them a mixture of advantages and disadvantages.  You might even find a fourth group where people are extreme enough to slip off the end of the distribution curve. 

Take gender out of sport I say!

You want to hand out a gold medal to the fastest person in the pretty slow group?

[swallow]

Is there a gradual transition of times between genders, or is there a big gap? 

If the variation is discontinuous, then surely the easiest thing to do is place people, regardless of gender in groups where their time range fits.

You might even find there is a third group for people whose mixed gender characteristics give them a mixture of advantages and disadvantages.  You might even find a fourth group where people are extreme enough to slip off the end of the distribution curve. 

Take gender out of sport I say!

You want to hand out a gold medal to the fastest person in the pretty slow group?

That's what we do already.  It's just that it's called the women's group

[The Brain]

Sports like wrestling and boxing have already embraced the idea of having classes for people who are completely unfit for the sport (120 lb boxer like wtf).

[Valmy]

That's what we do already.  It's just that it's called the women's group

I don't know...celebrating the world's fastest/strongest woman is a little more glorious than celebrating the world's fastest/strongest slow/weak person.

[Eddie Teach]

Sports like wrestling and boxing have already embraced the idea of having classes for people who are completely unfit for the sport (120 lb boxer like wtf).

Weight or height restrictions make a lot more sense than ones based on performance as Swallow suggests.

[swallow]

That's what we do already.  It's just that it's called the women's group

I don't know...celebrating the world's fastest/strongest woman is a little more glorious than celebrating the world's fastest/strongest slow/weak person.

I  find it all quite patronising - it would also solve the issues  faced by that guy with the artificial running blades - but taking your point on board, it would be best for the athletes to decide what they like best

[Valmy]

I  find it all quite patronising

How is it patronising?  Sometimes the female version of an event is actually far more popular and the athletes more famous.  There is nothing patronising about it.

[swallow]

Sports like wrestling and boxing have already embraced the idea of having classes for people who are completely unfit for the sport (120 lb boxer like wtf).

Weight or height restrictions make a lot more sense than ones based on performance as Swallow suggests.

Mine make a lot of sense if (and, yes, only if) there's a bell curve within each group.  People would be better placed in groups, training could be more specific to the body shape (hormones 'gender' skeleton etc, whatever) and overall, performance would get the chance to improve

[Ed Anger]

I want to see a female Quarterback disemboweled by Ray Lewis.

[Eddie Teach]

Mine make a lot of sense if (and, yes, only if) there's a bell curve within each group.  People would be better placed in groups, training could be more specific to the body shape (hormones 'gender' skeleton etc, whatever) and overall, performance would get the chance to improve

People are only going to watch the top group, just like now.

[swallow]

I  find it all quite patronising

How is it patronising?  Sometimes the female version of an event is actually far more popular and the athletes more famous.  There is nothing patronising about it.

For a similar reason that some female actors prefer to call themselves actors rather than actresses.  You want to be judged for what you can do to the best of your own ability, not by what you can do by your gender