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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Apparently determining sex is complicated

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Lettera · 06/03/2019 11:12

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/06/testosterone-biological-sex-sports-bodies

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Lettera · 06/03/2019 11:20

Agreed. Assume the Guardian felt they needed something like this to provide 'balance' to Hadley Freeman's piece Hmm

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thatdamnwoman · 06/03/2019 11:18

The Guardian gives with one hand and takes with the other. First Hadlet Freeman, now this.

My own local trans ally has made a point of posting about that Belgian cycle race where one of the women nearly managed to catch the tail end of the men's race, requiring the women's race to be paused. She decided this meant that it was perfectly fair for men to compete as women as, look, some of the women were about as good as the slowest men.

I was a Guardian reader for the first 55 years of my life, but no more.

userschmoozer · 06/03/2019 11:16

Well since women are permitted lower levels than men, and womens sports are for women, I'd say its not as complicated as they seem to think.

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