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TV Ad for Transwomens sportswear?

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Lockdownbear · 19/02/2022 11:00

I was sort of half watching last night while faffing on MN Blush. When an ad came on TV encouraging Transwomen to take part in sports?
What company was it?

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NitroNine · 19/02/2022 23:50

WorriedMumsDontSleep
The testosterone claim came from the same place as all the ones relating to TW having menstrual cycles & periods, presumably. Hmm All part of the brave new biological world in which we are clownfish. Or something that makes about as much sodding sense & is rooted in marginally less reality. Those of us who try to assert there are a mere two sexes, however, are the ones who are ignorant of how science works. Which is also why we object to “cis”, incidentally - all the cool scientists were on board with it IMMEDIATELY because of course THEY got it.

I think “PCOS makes you intersex” (NB not my phrasing!) was in the comments too; & please GOD don’t let that particular strand of crashingly offensive-appropriative nonsense take any kind of hold! There is already an odd insistence from some TRAs that VSDs are as common as having red hair - I suppose if you sling in everyone with PCOS that’d do it, but can you imagine the poor HCPs having to navigate treating & supporting people who’d been told by the internet PCOS is a VSD (to say nothing of [what’s left of] support services for people with ACTUAL VSDs)!?

DrDinosaur · 19/02/2022 23:49

Its also ridiculous that we're not allowed to say that.

DrDinosaur · 19/02/2022 23:48

Its irrelevant what medical treatment they have undergone, as no medical treatment can change a man into a woman. He still has the advantages of the larger bones, lungs, and heart that he developed at male puberty. Its ridiculous that these men are allowed to play in women's sports.

MiladyBerserko · 19/02/2022 23:32

Missing a T for full effect

LunaLights · 19/02/2022 22:28

Interesting spelling of Tiffany, I’ve never seen it spelt “Tifanny” before….

WorriedMumsDontSleep · 19/02/2022 20:27

Hrt not her

WorriedMumsDontSleep · 19/02/2022 20:27

What is this bollox about her women having higher testosterone than transwomen. Where's that come from?

McDuffy · 19/02/2022 19:57

@DomesticatedZombie

1 million views, just over 100 likes. Obviously going down well.
That has to be a record ratio Shock
FrancescaContini · 19/02/2022 19:57

@SapphosRock

Tone deaf just like the John Lewis advert showing the spoilt boy in a dress and heels trashing his mum's house and ruining his sister's painting.
Agree it’s tone deaf. Didn’t JL pull those ads after a while? Hopefully Adidas will do the same.
BootsAndRoots · 19/02/2022 19:50

@User7257543 I think it's clear that she is on cross-sex hormones, probably had quite a bit of surgery, whereas the other athletes I mention I can't see any sort of medical transition (they just appear to be on testosterone suppressants, and not cross-sex hormones).

lovelyweathertoday · 19/02/2022 19:47

What does "actually transitioned" mean? Sounds pretty transphobic if you don't believe someone is the gender they say they are.

User7257543 · 19/02/2022 19:03

@BootsAndRoots

I don't think it's the Adidas bra that's performance enhancing with that athlete.

You look at them and they are simply much bigger and stronger than the women they play with and against.

The only thing I can say is that at least the athlete has actually transitioned, unlike a US swimmer and NZ weightlifter.

How do you know she has transitioned @BootsAndRoots ?
DomesticatedZombie · 19/02/2022 18:51

Oof the comments!

It's interesting. Nobody is finding this uplifting, or interesting, or persuasive. How are corporations so divorced from public opinion?

SapphosRock · 19/02/2022 18:42

Tone deaf just like the John Lewis advert showing the spoilt boy in a dress and heels trashing his mum's house and ruining his sister's painting.

ScreamingMeMe · 19/02/2022 18:36

@DomesticatedZombie

1 million views, just over 100 likes. Obviously going down well.
Oof the comments!
Mouldyfeet · 19/02/2022 17:52

They are all going to follow suit now aren’t they 🙄

DomesticatedZombie · 19/02/2022 17:49

1 million views, just over 100 likes. Obviously going down well.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 19/02/2022 17:46

https://fairplayforwomen.com/anapaulaa_henkel/

BootsAndRoots · 19/02/2022 17:43

I don't think it's the Adidas bra that's performance enhancing with that athlete.

You look at them and they are simply much bigger and stronger than the women they play with and against.

The only thing I can say is that at least the athlete has actually transitioned, unlike a US swimmer and NZ weightlifter.

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Lockdownbear · 19/02/2022 17:40

That must have been it - very scary stuff that a big brand like Adidas would risk alienating half the population - to get a few trans sales!

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LilithOfEden · 19/02/2022 17:05

Yes, just checked, it is a series called Impossible is Nothing, featuring different women and one trans woman, the volley ball player.

LilithOfEden · 19/02/2022 17:01

Possibly a series of ads?

LilithOfEden · 19/02/2022 17:00

This one?

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Lockdownbear · 19/02/2022 13:22

It was definitely encouraging transwomen to buy their sports wear for competing with the girls or something like that.
I was only half watching buy my ears pricked up at that bit.

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Redshoeblueshoe · 19/02/2022 13:09

Probably Lia's swimwear sponsor