Rachel McKinnon, weightlifter and Abigail Shrier

Just got to share these again.
Look at the women's faces.

McKinnon seems to be revelling in having intimidated Abigail. That's not the point of debate, McKinnon.

In many ways it was a slick performance by RM and the power lifter. But the cracks were just starting to appear towards the end. You can certainly see why RM has refused to debate certain women such as Nic Williams.

"I sat next to her on purpose"

What so you could intimidate her? Scare her? That seems like a very male thinking thing to do, if you ask me.

McKinnon's tweet about this. The same McKinnon who apparently is 'scared of c*s women'

Was the presenter rubbish or overcompensating because he disagrees with McK? McK totally dominated & steered the conversation (away from points McK could not answer)
The power lifter seemed to be there just to support fragile wee McK - they didn’t add to the conversation at all

Science

What the actual fuck....

I'll draw you to this extract of studies:

Corso (1959) was among the first to report that females have superior auditory acuity (i.e. lower thresholds) compared with same-age males, particularly for test frequencies above 2 kHz. The same general finding – adult females having more sensitive hearing at high frequencies, compared with same-age males – has been replicated in other studies of adults (e.g. Chung, Mason, Gannon, and Willson, 1983; Royster, Royster, and Thomas, 1980), including studies with Caucasian, African-American, and Asian adults (Dreisbach and colleagues, 2007; Shahnaz, 2008)

So perhaps me and old MK could have a hearing contest, one to hear the highest frequencies wins...I'd win each time because of my biological advantage, then perhaps he will change his tune (pun intended)

RM is an idiot. If testosterone didn't make a difference then why are there men and women categories in the first place?

I was eye rolling throughout that whole video - but the worst part is, on twitter she thinks she did amazingly?

It is really pissing me off that RM will be making a good living for dominating women's sports and talking about it.

McK was positioned in the middle of the group, sitting ram-rod straight to look even taller and wearing an eye-catching pink. None of that was accidental. McK then tried to dominate the entire thing. Abigail didn't speak very fluently. I wish she'd been a bit more of a ball-breaker.

The body language of the guests throughout the programme was fascinating, including the hosts response to it. There were definite changes in body language towards the end.

Interesting to see McKinnman patronisingly tap the powerlifters arm to stop then interrupting Abigail - clearly trying to manage their image so as not to appear intimidating.
Again though, only 25% women in the room. WHY?!

Couldn't stand more then a few seconds of that smug arseface McKinnon.

Why is McKinnon dressed like one of the golden girls- isn’t McKinnon 35 years old?!

Gosh the size difference struck me immediately ! Abigail looked minuscule in comparison to the rest of the panel.
She was quite strong but McKinnon really tried to dominate the discussion. Abigail needed to stop being so polite /waiting for her turn.