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The "science"

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ZeldaFighter · 22/05/2023 08:17

In sports, people keep saying "the science isn't clear" but I don't understand why not. Someone like Lia Thomas must have a perfect dataset of figures for their performance, before and after transition - they're in a semi-professional, well-financed sports team. It must be easy to determine if, how and where their performance has changed. Same for Emily Bridges. Same for loads of transgender cyclists.

I know Emma Hilton and Ross Tucker are mentioned on these pages but surely the data must be so clear, that anyone could crunch the numbers? So why aren't they?

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SinnerBoy · 22/05/2023 08:52

What women's sports?

Hagosaurus · 22/05/2023 08:51

What I completely don’t understand is that sport was specifically segregated by sex because of biological realities (which is, in my unscientifically proven opinion, completely fucking obvious)

Surely if someone wanted to change it, the burden of proof should have been on them?

I heard Harper (trans sports scientist, also transwoman at Loughborough) say on the radio that it could take 20 years or more to establish whether transwomen had an unfair advantage and therefore they should have unfettered access to women;s sports until there was a conclusion

Can you imagine what state women’s sport will be in in 20 years time if that happens!

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 22/05/2023 08:34

The science is perfectly clear. It just gives an inconvenient answer.