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Biological Essentialism Hurts All Athletes

30 replies

ExtraPlinky · 03/02/2022 10:26

www.insidehighered.com/views/2022/02/01/how-biological-essentialism-hurts-all-college-athletes-opinion

You know when you read something that is SO FUCKING STUPID that you want to try and find a way to get off the planet?

Can't wait for the shitploppers to mansplain this to me.

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thinkingaboutLangCleg · 03/02/2022 12:55

Little to no scientific evidence demonstrates that trans women have any sort of athletic advantage.

Will simple facts and statistics do?
boysvswomen.com

Ereshkigalangcleg · 03/02/2022 12:38

Most women take part in sport for fun and exercise , not professionally so it doesn’t matter if they compete against transwomen.

Does that also apply to men?

SantaClawsServiette · 03/02/2022 12:37

A lot of universities are credential factories these days.

TheGreatATuin · 03/02/2022 12:34

Anyone using the term 'biological essentialism' unironically and thinking this is an argument that anyone is making, is so lacking in understanding of the issues at hand that you'd be better served asking your cat for their opinion instead.

viques · 03/02/2022 12:05

The author is a PhD student. Doesn’t say a lot for the academic rigour of their university.

A couple of his points randomly picked from the pile:

Most women take part in sport for fun and exercise , not professionally so it doesn’t matter if they compete against transwomen. Biscuit

Objecting to athletes competing in women’s events who are genetically male with DSD and who are from African nations is racist. [I don’t know what you would call objecting to genetically male athletes with a DSD who are white competing in women’s events , unkind probably]