How period tracking can give all female athletes an edge - in today's Guardian

[MingingInTheRain]

"Until relatively recently, sports scientists simply applied the research they had done with male athletes to female ones. In fact, according to research scientist Georgie Bruinvels, it is only since the 1990s that it has been “appreciated that women are different”."

Who knew???

The Guardian actually using the words "women" and "menstrual cycle" in one article?
What, so we're not "Cervix Havers" (or whatevertf you're supposed to say) in this one?

I actually found it interesting too. Didn't know you were more at risk of injury at certain times during your cycle, and the bit about carbs/fat burning. Interesting!

I know!!! Really interesting stuff.

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Attention. Please do not use an article clearly pointing out that women are biologically distinct from men to do something heinous like point out that women are biologically distinct from men. Thank you.

Yes that would be terrible wouldn't it, agreeing with the whole point of the article

It's no giving female athletes an edge though, is it? Not like, oh, a testosterone boost would?

Rather, it might mitigate the impairment that menstruation brings at some stages of the cycle if you are an actual cunty athlete.

When your response to people trying to talk about one of your core beliefs is ‘shutup shutup shutup’ doesn’t it make you wonder why you don’t want to talk about it Guardian?