Transgender Athletes Could Be At A Physical Disadvantage, New Research Shows
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindseyedarvin/2024/04/25/transgender-athletes-could-be-at-a-physical-disadvantage-new-research-shows/
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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 2y
And even suggests bone density is the same too despite what transphobes have been claiming here on lemmy lately...
Apytele@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 2y
IOC funded, but they were happy enough to throw us under the bus with their last trans inclusion policy, so I don't see this making any difference. They're not interested in science or fairness, they're interested in not rocking the boat
solo@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 2y
Quite refreshing that this article was published by Forbes. Even tho I think more studies need to be made, I would argue that it's public perception that needs changing. Public perception is not necessarily influenced by science, if that was the case we would be living in different societies worldwide. I think public perception is more influenced by the existing narratives, and we have a saying on them. Maybe among other things, we might need to start asking different/new questions?
Mikufan@ani.social · 2 pts · 2y
Idk man its still unfair in all directions, trans people should get their own competition to keep it fair, and there is nothing transpobic about it.
retrospectology@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Let the stammering retroactive qualifications by transphobes to explain away their chronic ignorance begin!
Kastorlain@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 2y
Shame the comment section is full of people pre-emptively attacking anyone that might not agree with their own opinions.
Thought there’d be people open to discussing the article, guess it’s not a whole lot different than Reddit or 4chan.
usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 2y
"Might not agree with their opinion" i.e repeating claims not grounded in actual data
EDIT: also worth mentioning the account this comment is replying to is only 7 days old which raises some suspicions there
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah, and calling them transphobes as if that's the only motivation anyone has to be worried about this stuff.
I'm running an experiment where I just ruthlessly block every single user demonstrating that kind of behaviour. Hopefully one day I'll have a really slow feed consisting of only the handful of people left that don't act like a total jerks despite being anonymous.