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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Sharron Davies and the International Olympic Committee

60 replies

Stealhsquirrelnutkin · 19/06/2020 20:12

Saw this on twitter. Did a search to see if it had already been mentioned on here without finding anything, but I'm not very proficient with the search engine. I'd missed it completely and the petition, which is closing soon, doesn't have anywhere near as many signatures as I would have expected, considering the consensus amongst the general public on the subject.
I've started a thread over at /Talk/petitions_noticeboard/ with a link to the petition, because we aren't allowed to post petitions on here.

Sharron Davies and the International Olympic Committee
OP posts:
McDuffy · 19/06/2020 20:17

I had a great time stomping my response out to that earlier! Steam coming off the keyboard

RufustheRowlingReindeer · 19/06/2020 20:21

Signed

LittleCabbage · 19/06/2020 20:40

Thanks OP, off to take a look.

ThinEndoftheWedge · 19/06/2020 20:43

Signed before.

FFS that this is needed.

Arrggh...!

grafittiartist · 19/06/2020 20:50

Thank you! Signed.

CaraDune · 19/06/2020 20:51

The petitions board is here:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/petitions_noticeboard

(I always find it slightly hard to find - hopefully a link to the board itself, not the petition, is okay.)

PopperUppleton · 19/06/2020 20:53

Oh thanks Cara I couldn't find it! Just coming back to ask where the board was

Voice0fReason · 19/06/2020 20:56

Already done but shared again

PaleBlueMoonlight · 19/06/2020 20:57

Knew nothing about this.

gailforce1 · 19/06/2020 20:59

I have tried to sign but link did not work properly.

CaraDune · 19/06/2020 21:01

@gailforce1

I have tried to sign but link did not work properly.
Took me two goes. Second time round I searched "women's sport IOC petition" and got to their homepage, then to the petition from there.
MotherForkinShirtBalls · 19/06/2020 21:02

Thanks, signed

SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 19/06/2020 21:04

Signed

Mayvis · 19/06/2020 21:10

Found the petition and signed.

wellbehavedwomen · 19/06/2020 21:10

Sharron Davies's twitter has a link if that helps anyone locate it.

SansaClegane · 19/06/2020 21:12

Signed.

refusetobeasheep · 19/06/2020 21:18

Signed, thanks

Cuntysnark · 19/06/2020 21:21

Signed & shared.

sashagabadon · 19/06/2020 21:27

Signed

OliveKitteridgeAgain · 19/06/2020 21:39

Signed.

Gibbonsgibbonsgibbons · 19/06/2020 22:04

Thank you I had totally missed this!

NotBadConsidering · 19/06/2020 23:37

I kind of disagree. TRAs should do the impartial, robust research that unequivocally proves that men aren’t stronger than women and that the way we have segregated humans since the dawn of time is wrong, then submit it to the IOC, then consider it. It shouldn’t be up to the IOC or anyone else to do research, except in the name of impartiality, perhaps. Do that, and we will be waiting for a very long time, because you can’t prove such a stupid idea.

Of course I would support this though, as no rules should be changed at all.

EdgeOfACoin · 20/06/2020 05:13

Signed

kaco · 20/06/2020 06:39

Signed

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 20/06/2020 07:03

Markus Rehm is a Paralympic long-jumper. He was not allowed to compete in the Olympics because his blades were perceived as giving him an unfair advantage (he, naturally, disagreed).

Now, I’m not saying this is an analogous situation... only, it does look rather analogous, doesn’t it?

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