World Athletics transgender women ban

World Athletics transgender women ban

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rjfp1962

Original Poster:

6,793 posts

60 months

Yesterday (18:55)
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World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in the female category at international events.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/65051900

Newc

1,642 posts

169 months

Yesterday (18:58)
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Good.

grumbledoak

30,929 posts

220 months

Yesterday (18:59)
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Some sanity returns.

More, please.

vetrof

2,297 posts

160 months

Yesterday (19:02)
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Female sport restricted to females.
Outrage in 3…2…1….

CoolHands

16,721 posts

182 months

Yesterday (19:03)
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What will keir say

Master Of Puppets

2,716 posts

49 months

Yesterday (19:45)
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CoolHands said:
What will keir say
Who cares what he says, it's completely irrelevant to the decision made by World Athletics. They made a ruling that the competing
women will no doubt be delighted to hear.

Randy Winkman

13,412 posts

176 months

Yesterday (19:48)
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Master Of Puppets said:
CoolHands said:
What will keir say
Who cares what he says, it's completely irrelevant to the decision made by World Athletics. They made a ruling that the competing
women will no doubt be delighted to hear.
Lots of people appreciate that gender is a complex issue and might well support all sorts of things relating to the topic but not others. He might think it's a reasonable decision in the same way a total woke like me does.

lord trumpton

6,637 posts

113 months

Yesterday (20:41)
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It's the right decision.


survivalist

5,231 posts

177 months

Yesterday (20:42)
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CoolHands said:
What will keir say
Not sure most people cares what he says about the majority of topics. Or maybe he’ll say something a wombs.

williamp

18,660 posts

260 months

Yesterday (21:33)
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Sir Kier is on record as not knowing what a woman is...

BikeBikeBIke

5,425 posts

102 months

Yesterday (21:43)
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williamp said:
Sir Kier is on record as not knowing what a woman is...
I'm a big fan of Kier and I understand why he couldn't give a straight answer...

...but that was a bad look.

E63eeeeee...

2,354 posts

36 months

Yesterday (21:45)
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williamp said:
Sir Kier is on record as not knowing what a woman is...
It's a female category, not a women's category.

On the basis that you have to draw a line somewhere if you're going to have separate female elite sport, and this seems to have been done quite sensibly, openly and in consultation with lots of groups, it's all quite out of character for a sports governing body.

E63eeeeee...

2,354 posts

36 months

Yesterday (21:49)
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BikeBikeBIke said:
williamp said:
Sir Kier is on record as not knowing what a woman is...
I'm a big fan of Kier and I understand why he couldn't give a straight answer...

...but that was a bad look.
Only if you're easily persuaded by people asking disingenuously over-simplistic questions. It's no more viable than asking for the meaning of "child" (or "man" for that matter). The answer depends on why you're asking the question.

And I'm not a particular fan of Kier.

Fundoreen

3,675 posts

70 months

Yesterday (21:56)
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There were not that many women trying to compete as men in elite sports were there?
Just some scaffolder wanting to smash the ladies is what it looked like to most people.

E63eeeeee...

2,354 posts

36 months

Yesterday (22:25)
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Fundoreen said:
There were not that many women trying to compete as men in elite sports were there?
Just some scaffolder wanting to smash the ladies is what it looked like to most people.
According to the article, not a single one under the last lot of testosterone-limit rules.

Timothy Bucktu

14,269 posts

187 months

Yesterday (22:34)
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BikeBikeBIke said:
I'm a big fan of Kier
Really...blimey!?

bongtom

1,722 posts

70 months

Randy Winkman said:
Lots of people appreciate that gender is a complex issue and might well support all sorts of things relating to the topic but not others. He might think it's a reasonable decision in the same way a total woke like me does.
I don't believe you are a total woke. Woke people just don't say that.

Are you Tyler Durdan faking it?

Supercilious Sid

2,473 posts

148 months

Waits for the crazy gang to wake up (or come on shift)....Tom Daley....not disproportionately affecting results.... 'aligned' with nazis ....assigned at birth....etc.
Edit...I forgot genocide.

Edited by Supercilious Sid on Friday 24th March 06:23

ZedLeg

6,548 posts

95 months

On the other hand

They’re mediocre men, big bones, muscle density etc

Can we move on to the next one now?

vetrof

2,297 posts

160 months

ZedLeg said:
On the other hand

They’re mediocre men, big bones, muscle density etc

Can we move on to the next one now?
Agree, should never have got to this point. Hopefully it will filter down to all levels of female sport.