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Sharron Davies and the International Olympic Committee

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Stealhsquirrelnutkin · 19/06/2020 20:12

Saw this on twitter. Did a search to see if it had already been mentioned on here without finding anything, but I'm not very proficient with the search engine. I'd missed it completely and the petition, which is closing soon, doesn't have anywhere near as many signatures as I would have expected, considering the consensus amongst the general public on the subject.
I've started a thread over at /Talk/petitions_noticeboard/ with a link to the petition, because we aren't allowed to post petitions on here.

Sharron Davies and the International Olympic Committee
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NeedToKnow101 · 20/06/2020 10:57

We need more men to support their this, not just the wonderful Daley Thompson.

2Rebecca · 20/06/2020 10:42

Signed and shared. A really important issue

FedUpAtHomeTroels · 20/06/2020 10:40

Signed and shared on Facebook

Flywheel · 20/06/2020 10:22

Signed and bumping. It's disappointing this isn't gaining more traction. Sport is one of the more obvious and less controversial arguments. It's a shame not to see more signatures

Al1Langdownthecleghole · 20/06/2020 09:52

Signed. Shouldn’t really be having to petition for this.

Rowdythree · 20/06/2020 09:42

Signed

DrCanShoveHisWandUpHisRs · 20/06/2020 09:40

Bump

GrossePois · 20/06/2020 09:38

Signed.

happydappy2 · 20/06/2020 09:24

Bump

Floopsy · 20/06/2020 08:40

Signed

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 20/06/2020 07:03

Markus Rehm is a Paralympic long-jumper. He was not allowed to compete in the Olympics because his blades were perceived as giving him an unfair advantage (he, naturally, disagreed).

Now, I’m not saying this is an analogous situation... only, it does look rather analogous, doesn’t it?

kaco · 20/06/2020 06:39

Signed

EdgeOfACoin · 20/06/2020 05:13

Signed

NotBadConsidering · 19/06/2020 23:37

I kind of disagree. TRAs should do the impartial, robust research that unequivocally proves that men aren’t stronger than women and that the way we have segregated humans since the dawn of time is wrong, then submit it to the IOC, then consider it. It shouldn’t be up to the IOC or anyone else to do research, except in the name of impartiality, perhaps. Do that, and we will be waiting for a very long time, because you can’t prove such a stupid idea.

Of course I would support this though, as no rules should be changed at all.

Gibbonsgibbonsgibbons · 19/06/2020 22:04

Thank you I had totally missed this!

OliveKitteridgeAgain · 19/06/2020 21:39

Signed.

sashagabadon · 19/06/2020 21:27

Signed

Cuntysnark · 19/06/2020 21:21

Signed & shared.

refusetobeasheep · 19/06/2020 21:18

Signed, thanks

SansaClegane · 19/06/2020 21:12

Signed.

wellbehavedwomen · 19/06/2020 21:10

Sharron Davies's twitter has a link if that helps anyone locate it.

Mayvis · 19/06/2020 21:10

Found the petition and signed.

SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 19/06/2020 21:04

Signed

MotherForkinShirtBalls · 19/06/2020 21:02

Thanks, signed

CaraDune · 19/06/2020 21:01

@gailforce1

I have tried to sign but link did not work properly.
Took me two goes. Second time round I searched "women's sport IOC petition" and got to their homepage, then to the petition from there.