Go and read the research. I have provided plenty of it. But obviously not 'golf' specific. But if you lack the capacity to understand science and how bodies work, I cannot help you.
"Please explain why equal representation by sex on the podium is more important than equal representation by any other criterion?"
You seem to not understand the premise of a protected category at all. You also seem to be totally focused on 'equality' being based on outcome.
You miss the point that the equality that we are talking about is the equality for every female athlete to achieve their full potential in a fair competition. That means making a category, as has been established for decades, just for female bodies. And only female bodies who do not enhance their performance through drugs or any other performance enhancement listed as being against regulations.
"Please explain why greater chances of competitive success is more important than greater participation and greater inclusion?"
Because sports performance is awarded for the best performance in the category. Tell us, why should any female sport's person who wishes to win should be told that they should only aim to be inclusive?
There are sports associations out there that are all about and only about inclusion. You are arguing that ALL sports be about inclusion and not about competition.
"Please explain why we changed from claiming women were equal to men to now expounding all the reasons why women are weaker? And as a follow on - outside the side-show that is community and college sports - please explain why this battle is the hill to die on, when all that it does is reinforce male prejudices about women's capabilities - prejudices that do so much more harm in other socio-economic areas where it affects the lives of millions."
Because it is YOU who have misunderstood 'equality' with men.
We have always known and acknowledged that men are stronger. Fuck. I used to work in a job that required different lifting of heavy item limits for women vs men. The issue was not that women were fucking fighting to lift the same weights.
FFS The issue was that women were fighting to get the job with accommodations for their bodies. That woman could still contribute and do the job and may even match a male's productivity with accommodations. Such as using lifting assistant devices, or lifting less.
Also, that women should not be excluded for a job where these accommodations can be made, because a woman may offer different perspectives and different benefits of hiring them.
"And as a follow on - outside the side-show that is community and college sports - please explain why this battle is the hill to die on, when all that it does is reinforce male prejudices about women's capabilities - prejudices that do so much more harm in other socio-economic areas where it affects the lives of millions."
The only person who seems prejudiced here is you.
It is you who expect women to be the super heroes in movies and compete head to head with male people? And you are framing your unrealistic and frankly very clear misrepresentations around your expectations for women and girls. Under the name of 'inclusion'
You cannot even see the hypocrisy in what you write.
You want to force women to participate with male athletes in some unrealistic view that women are 'equal' to men. Yet, you want a male who has been through male puberty to be able to compete with female athletes based on their self-limited performance.
Really? You think you are presenting a coherent argument and you are simply not even approaching consistency.
"Gender pay gap? Well ... clearly it's justified because women are weaker and tire more quickly and have periods and babies, right?"
It is the SEX pay gap. And you again are showing your complete ignorance.
It is not 'justified' because women have children. It has been identified that negative sexist discrimination occurs because female people have the capacity to have children. And because of that, it does need mechanisms to address it.
I hope that you don't consider yourself as someone who cares about women's rights, because it is very clear to me that you are simply someone who has outsourced your critical thinking skills to someone else on the internet.