Paralympic male athletes like winning against women too

Is this article supposed to show balance?

'My Paralympic dreams dashed by 1.5mm' www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57404811

24 female athletes taking action against this

'24 Italian female athletes take legal action against male bodies in women’s sports. The sportswomen -including C. Sanulli and D. Neumann, beaten by trans V.Petrillo- claim to be deprived of fair competition, in violation of the Equal Opportunities Code.'

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Would they change the term "cis women" if women (you know the ones who were born a women and have never doubted that we should be women) were offended by it? Doubt it.
Well, do even mumsnet do anything about this when women have repeatedly said it is insulting?

I personally don't like it and am happy to just be a plain woman. As a woman, I've never felt it needed changed and I don't know anyone who does. Why are they making decisions on our behalf? We can speak for ourselves if we're not represented in a way we're happy with. This fight for equality is at our expense. Are they blind to the fact it wasn't that long ago we didn't have a voice?

Maybe the athlete in the article is not on testosterone.

I'm surprised that they want to compete in the women's competition though.

Yep. Move over women.

What I'd like to know is what's being done to enable trans men to participate in men's sport so that the disadvantage they currently have is mitigated and they can compete on a level playing field.

When it can be shown that equal efforts are being made in both spheres then and only then can we talk about the possibility of trans women competing against women.

Nice summation of BBC bias with this story

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The fact that we have to pay for this crap.

That is such a good point about men who transition in their 40s/50s competing against women who are going through menopause. Such a stark comparison.

Simply astonishing that Paralympic sports, which are well used to the difficulties of rigourously categorising people for events, often against the preferences of the athlete in question, have failed to spot and prevent the glaring miscategorisation here. Women’s sports are not a consolation category for weakened athletes in possession of Y chromosomes.

You know what else happens to women in their forties/fifties that makes performance go off a cliff? Menopause. It’s a smack in the face for women masters competitors on every single level.

If it’s only about inclusion, why wasn’t the offer to be invited to run and train with the other athletes enough?

Clearly nothing has changed. No transwoman, who respects women would compete in women’s event. The way they perceive an (inferior) woman to think has no bearing on the reality. Cos y’know women’s thoughts and feelings centre around unicorns and sparkles.

"I asked myself, 'Valentina, if you were a biological woman and had a Valentina, a trans, racing against you, how would you feel?' And I gave myself answers - astonishment, confusion and doubt.”

You’ve given yourself some very comfortable answers, Valentina. But more likely reactions would be rage and contempt - not only for you, but also for the governing bodies that force women to go along with the absurd pretence.

Not much to say ...

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9652507/Visually-impaired-trans-woman-47-wants-trans-Paralympian.html

The DM has a similar article

Pictured wearing what’s basically a jockstrap.

The DM has a similar article (I know, I know!), take a look at their headline image (the mid running one). If there was any doubt that we are talking about a biological male, that picture would seal the deal for me.

Allowing trans women to complete fairly in women's sport is complex in the same way that the motion of the planets was complex when they tried to make it work with Earth at the centre.

Sports authorities will go down a never ending path of adding nuances and special cases and exceptions and tests and checks and balances and tweaking to try to make it work but new problems and flaws will keep popping up because it's all based on a fundamental error.

Spot on.

And any handicaps/special arrangements would simply reinforce the fact that some competitors differ from the rest of the group. Which would be, you know, unkind.

'Petrillo was hurt that some of the women at one event refused to be photographed with her, but says she understands their reaction.

"I asked myself, 'Valentina, if you were a biological woman and had a Valentina, a trans, racing against you, how would you feel?' And I gave myself answers - astonishment, confusion and doubt. I would have those things as a woman. So I believe these doubts and questions are legitimate."

However, she defends her right to compete in the women's category.

"I respect and comply with the IOC and World Athletics rules, I do the tests. I don't feel like I'm stealing anything from anyone."'

Ummmmm

Results are here:

www.fidalservizi.it/risultati/2020/Jesolo_FISPES2020/GaraC12.htm

www.fidalservizi.it/risultati/2020/Jesolo_FISPES2020/GaraA12.htm

I didn’t find the 200m results.

Not a trace of her.