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Sorry, sport and trans again

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HairyBallTheorem · 12/02/2018 13:04

I just had a WTAF moment watching the olympics. The most glaring reductio ad absurdum of the whole thing. Watching the (genuinely) women's speed skating. There is apparently a controversy going on about whether one of the skaters should be allowed to do her hair a certain way (on top of her head underneath the lycra hood to produce a kind of fin effect). The authorities are asking whether this gives her an unfair advantage by significantly altering the aerodynamics of her silhouette.

So - we're gonna police women's hairdos in the interests of fairness, but a bloke in the weightlifting world championships? Nah, that's fine mate.

The world really has gone stark staring bonkers

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UpstartCrow · 12/02/2018 13:52

carrierwaveonly women are being policed more severely for things like cortisone injections and hairstyles than trans people are at all.

carrierwaveonly · 12/02/2018 13:51

Sorry but how has this got anything to do with trans people and sport?
Surely, anyone male female or misc' wouldn't be allowed to have an aero afro?

stoneagefertilitydoll · 12/02/2018 13:33

unfair advantage by significantly altering the aerodynamics of her silhouette.

I think it's genius, if it actually gives an appreciable effect (which I guess it could - I know that on a motorbike the fins on a helmet really help with head wobble at speed)

Although part of me is surprised that they aren't required to wear a bit more protective gear given they must be going about 30mph, and it's all hard surfaces around them.