Dangerous. Pretending the sex-related performance gap of 10-30% between transwomen (males) & females is because females 'didn't work hard enough' will lead to more over-training, injuries, amenorrhea, disordered eating, osteopenia & drop out for female athletes. It's gaslighting.
Dangerous. Pretending the sex-related performance gap of 10-30% between transwomen (males) & females is because females 'didn't work hard enough' will lead to more over-training, injuries, amenorrhea, disordered eating, osteopenia & drop out for female athletes. It's gaslighting.
If this female athletes wants 'the chance to compete against the best' & denies any sex-related performance advantage for males, I suggest she competes in the male category.
@cathydevine56 The performance difference is due to a host of sociological and cultural factors, plus physiology to a small degree. Modern sport was set up for masculine ideals, not feminine. Even our Lionesses spoke about the disparity. Women are still disadvantaged in sport and it will take
@cathydevine56 @enslagsperson Realizing that I’m a bit late to this conversation, but I have to add these two excellent evaluations of performance data showing that most of the differences in running and swimming between men and women are due to biology, not social factors. journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/…