I hear all of that, but at the end of the day, the slowest man in the 100m final at last years world championships was still faster than the female who won gold in the women's 100m final.
I personally think this is one of those areas where you need to take the kid gloves off. Athletic competitions are separated by gender for obvious reasons. If you competed in the boys meet last month, you don't get to now compete w the women and become the state champion a few weeks later.