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07-09-2020, 09:49 AM | #151 | |||
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That's alright, wouldn't have liked to have missed the Joni Mitchell song anyway
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07-09-2020, 09:50 AM | #152 | |||
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.....I wish I had always had and could have your wisdom, Liam...
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07-09-2020, 09:51 AM | #153 | |||
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.........I do still lowkey think that Vicky had drank a little TOO much of the Mumsnet Kool-aid though . That place is a horror show and definitely often the "flipside" of the extreme rhetoric when it comes to this discussion. |
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07-09-2020, 10:08 AM | #155 | |||
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TS you called much loved children's author JK Rowling a hag
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07-09-2020, 10:09 AM | #156 | |||
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07-09-2020, 10:14 AM | #157 | ||
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07-09-2020, 10:15 AM | #158 | |||
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...right, we really are on a break, TS...because I have stuff to do and I’m too easily distracted atm... |
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07-09-2020, 10:28 AM | #159 | ||
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07-09-2020, 10:36 AM | #160 | |||
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Also, one of my cousins lives in Oregon and one of her daughters is a fantastic athlete. She will be looking to get a scholarship to a College next year based on this, my mother was telling me this at the weekend and my first thought was, I hope for her sake they don't have any boys suddenly identifying as girls competing with her. I know Oregon has laws allowing this so it's a very real possibility.
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07-09-2020, 10:43 AM | #161 | ||
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That said, I personally think the main issue there is more to do with the US higher education system, the ridiculous amount of money involved in college sport, sky high tuition fees, and lucrative sports scholarships in general. The whole thing is an unhealthy mess, but baked right into American education culture (I mean, how many teen films and TV shows has the "pressure of the big sports scholarship" featured in?) |
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07-09-2020, 10:47 AM | #162 | |||
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07-09-2020, 10:49 AM | #163 | |||
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Is there any evidence to back up this theory that young men will pretend to be transgender in order to infiltrate women’s sport?
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07-09-2020, 10:54 AM | #164 | |||
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there was that runner in SOuth Africa I recall
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07-09-2020, 10:54 AM | #165 | |||
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with all due respect Liam, in this case it doesn't even matter if a biological male is genuinely trans or pretending, either way they will have a physical advantage over women, if that wasn't true there would never have been a need to have sex based categories in the first place
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07-09-2020, 10:57 AM | #166 | |||
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The point, though, is that assuming that it WON'T happen is the only part that is dangerous and discriminatory against women, because the elephant in the room is that biological males are better sportspeople than women. I don't think genuine transwomen should be able to participate in women's sport. It is an unfair biological advantage and there is abundant evidence of that... it's just something that has to be accepted as part of being trans, at the end of the day. And what a ****ty situation for women in general? Having to repeatedly say "OK listen, we simply don't have the strength or speed to compete with biological males". Women at the top of their sport being forced out because it is a simple biological fact that if transwomen are in female sport, all of the top contenders will be trans. It's not even a question. They will take 1st, 2nd and 3rd and they will secure all of the adacemic sports scholarships for physical sport. Last edited by Toy Soldier; 07-09-2020 at 10:59 AM. |
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07-09-2020, 11:02 AM | #168 | |||
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Honestly I can’t imagine many people would give a single **** if they removed the word ‘male’ from condoms. But I can’t imagine caring over something so petty in the first place
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07-09-2020, 11:04 AM | #169 | |||
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I don’t think there should be a second opinion or debate on transphobia in the same way there shouldn’t be a debate on whether some aspects of racism is okay. It’s not.
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07-09-2020, 11:09 AM | #170 | ||
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Basing it on current testosterone levels is over-simplistic, people who have undergone male puberty are likely to have a different bone structure, different body composition, and higher muscle density than a biological female and there's (currently, I guess?) just no way around that. If any one of the top 300-or-so male tennis players in the world transitions to female (and I'm not saying disingenuously - if they were genuinely trans) and took hormones and had reassignment surgery etc... there is a very high likelihood that on entering the women's sport, they would dominate every grand slam. Of course, they would also probably be physically unable to compete in the men's sport at competition level after hormone replacement. It's a situation that sucks but it just is the situation, and people wanting everything to be perfect is unrealistic and (to be blunt) selfish. It would be great for transwomen to be able to participate in female sport. It would be devastating for biologically female sportspeople. |
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07-09-2020, 11:10 AM | #171 | |||
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07-09-2020, 11:12 AM | #172 | ||
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07-09-2020, 01:00 PM | #173 | |||
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Just back to the actual original topic, have a look at this survey and tell me women aren't being erased though, everyone has a category except us, we're "other"
(the 3rd page you get to) https://talktotdaye.typeform.com/to/vgaLcdYj I am This question is required. * If you don't identify with any of the below or you do and you'd like to expand on these terms please click other and state/describe. A A Man B A Transgender Man C Gender Nonconforming D Non-Binary E Intersex F Other
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07-09-2020, 01:10 PM | #174 | ||
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Als o one of the questions is "How young are you?". Is this also a thing now? Is it taboo to ask someone how old they are? |
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07-09-2020, 01:13 PM | #175 | |||
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"We're hearing from people who menstruate and learning about different experiences of menstruation. This is an anonymous questionnaire, and with your consent, your response may be published in a collection on our blog Vitals."
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