Besked om att den kvinnliga fightern Fallon Fox som genomgick en könsoperation för några år senare börja gå MMA-matcher var inte helt oväntat ett ämne där åsikterna går isär. Nu har kvinnliga fighters delat med sig om sina åsikter gällande Fox och transsexuella fighters.
Tidigare i veckan rapporterades det att den kvinnliga fightern Fallon Fox (5-0) var under utredning av Florida State Boxing Commission på grund av att hon medicinskt sett var en man fram till 2006 när hon genomförde ett könsbyte. Fox har sedan könsbytet konsumerat östrogen och lever idag som en kvinna. Sin senaste match gick hon under förra helgen då hon besegrade Ericka Newsome via knockout på CFA 10: McSweeney vs Staring. Hennes ansökan om att gå match i Kalifornien har ännu inte godkänts, och åsikterna kring ämnet går isär.
Examiner talade med flera kvinnliga fighters om ärendet, och åsikterna var, åter igen inte helt oväntat, splittrade. Damernas åsikter kan ni läsa nedan.
Sarah D’Alelio
”I think it’s fine as long as there is full disclosure and the woman is physically identifiable as a female and within the correct hormone levels. The agreement should be between the two competing women and their camps.
I myself would agree to a fight with a transgendered female, but I also understand why the majority of other women feel that there would be an unfair advantage for the transgendered.”
Bridgette Batch
”Honestly, I’m still forming an opinion about this. After reading up on transgender operations and post-operative follow-up, and also watching and reading videos and articles from Fallon Fox herself, I feel like even though hormonally there may not still be an advantage, but physically there is the issue of the anatomical and physiological developments that she had developed prior to her decision to switch her gender.
This physiology, (namely the way that the bones attach themselves in the skeletal make-up of a man vs. a woman) may give her an unfair advantage in an MMA fight against a naturally born woman. However, I do have to wonder if Fallon Fox were losing to the women she fought versus dominating them, if this would still be such an issue.”
Cat Zingano
”Judging it at ’good or bad,’ it’s happening. So we have to embrace it with pure curiosity and do a little research. The way I see it, if I were to fight a transgender, it would influence me to train smarter, not harder, and to maintain an open mind on the offense, defense, and anything in-between. But mostly, I’m gonna do my thing, no matter who they put in front of me.”
Jessica Eye
”I really don’t agree with it, considering the hormonal differences that we have. You also can’t lie on your app.”
Aisling Daly
”On a personal level, I have zero issues with transgender people, but I do feel transgender female fighters may have unfair advantages over those who were born female. Attributes like bone density, spacial awareness and possible residual male muscle mass. I disagree with the lack of disclosure on the issue. Opponents should have a choice as to whether or not they want to take the fight. In the future, with full disclosure, maybe transgender female fighters can be licensed, but their opponent must be fully informed in order to allow them to make the best decision.”
Felice Herrig
”If you were born a man, then you should fight as a man. Period.”
Lana Stefanac
”After great contemplation and research, I support Fallon’s right to compete and am interested in other opinions as well.”
Amber Stautzenberger
”Structurally, men are built differently from women. [I have] No problem with people wanting to switch genders, but physically she is still a he, minus the special part.”
Michelle Waterson
”I don’t have anything against transgendered women, but I do feel like the strength between a man and a woman is very different. That being said, it really depends on how long she has been taking estrogen. Bottom line, in my opinion, is it would be up to her opponent.”
Hillary Williams
”I competed against her in 2010 and nothing, behavior, strength, etc. would have clued me into her being anything other than biologically female. Not to mention the doctors showing her levels are good. Gender and sexual identity are so much more complicated than the scientifically illiterate like to accept, and if she’s happy this way while phenotypically female (including hormone levels), well I wish her the best.”
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