It's fascinating the convoluted ideas people will come up with just to avoid the most obvious one: separate male and female categories.
Did you friend say why he advocated for these arbitrary tiers rather than separating by sex?
Did you friend say why he advocated for these arbitrary tiers rather than separating by sex?
I guess your friend was aiming more towards not upsetting male athletes who identify as women and who desire to compete in the female category, by abolishing the category altogether, rather than these male athletes being told "no".