This picture shows a perfect example of women cast aside because of the patriarchal world we live in

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Winner's podium of an 'inclusive' 'women's' cycling race.
Biological woman is third.

Ridiculous!

I despair

These men are so rubbish at their sport against other men they have to turn into women who they know they have a biological scientific advantage over to win.

Pathetic.

😂

YANBU - totally unfair.

What does that even mean ‘physical performance most aligns with cis women’. How do they measure that? Against what criteria? What does ‘most’ mean? Why not ‘completely aligns?’ Given first and second place has gone to trans athletes, does that mean trans competitors are over represented on the winning podium? If so, does this cause the organizers to reconsider whether their policy is proportionate and fair to women ( with female bodies) cyclists?

I have to say it’s quite sweet for them to have a snog on the podium however my lesbian friends are furious that the winner (Emily Bridges) was on a recent cover of DIVA magazine when they are not a lesbian or a woman.

Because woman’s rights are human rights and not a specialized sub-interest?

So 2 gay guys decide to become 2 gay women and then they win the women’s bike race? Such a travesty on the actual woman who won the race, but got placed 3rd!!!!!

Exactly this. How can they possibly have any sense of achievement??
Surely they would feel no more pride than we would if we beat our 6 yr olds in a running race. (Not comparing women to children btw. Just the imbalance if physical attributes!)

Its not about being good at their sport. Its about society bending to accommodate them as women, thus enabling them to be the best at womanly things: so that they are better at being women than women are.

Of course, if they were really good at being women, if they were as good at being women as the 'nice, intersectional 'real 'feminists' are, as the 'trans friendly female allies' are, they would not be racing at all. They would instead be saying, 'No, no, you first, I couldn't possibly impose myself at this race. That would not be fair at all. No, no, you first.' But they don't seem to want to adopt the self-sacrificing, stepping-aside-and-putting-others-before yourself part of female socialisation into their womanhood.

Maybe it's time for sport to divide along lines of "biological male" and "biological female" instead of "men" and "women"

Then again, trans women are already claiming to be biological females. Apparently because they're biological, and they're female.

Just shows you can't trust Bridges: their performance most aligns with men's performance, considering they won a men's BUCS cycling event only a few months ago. 🙄 Cheat.

Oooohhhhh interesting.

Do you have a link to this?

i feel so sorry for women athletes these days they must wonder what the point of entering is

Oh but men can be lesbians now and they get quite angry upset when lesbian women don’t fancy them 🤨

I'm looking at this pic and then looking at the comments and o have no idea what you're on about. One has a baby in their hands and the other competitors ( 1+2 ) are congratulating each other. , I'm pretty certain that a moment before or after this pic they were congratulating no 3 too

Wtf?

<bangs head against wall>

@jacintaq Love the posting of the thought process 🤣 and posters wilfully ignoring your second and third posts 🤣.
DD8 is incredibly athletically gifted but there is no way I'd encorage her to take her talents further than hobby level as what is the point now?

This is an absolute disgrace.

Ive never agreed women should boycott before but now they have to. There’s no other choice.

the ones in power refuse to protect them so it’s now the last resort.

im so angry on these women’s behalf.

those other two are nothing but cheaters

Agree with PPs. Can I just say, though, that I think most men are just as horrified by this as we are? DH and DS both work in sport and they are equally concerned at the impact this is having on women and girls' sport – they see it at grassroots level as well as elite, where girls are starting to wonder what is the point in competing. We are sacrificing women and girls' sport on the alter of some notion of needing to be 'fair'.