The "follow the science" media have been lying all along about basic endocrinology, but these fact-hiding expeditions may finally be encountering real obstacles
Not at all surprised that Thomas was mediocre at best when competing against males. Also, no true athlete competes with others that are not on a level playing field.
Thomas is doing the world a favor by giving everyone a chance to decide for themselves in a relatively simple way how much of a difference there really is between males and females. Same competitive league, swimming events, etc.
As a result, sports fans or people who don't live on Twitter -- and despite my lack of participation there, I get sent enough tweets to remain aware of the general clamor -- have had no solid sense of how bitterly contentious and bullshit-powered the "let boys play as girls, and men as women" campaign is. Now, without having to fully immerse themselves in the culture wars and go angrily insane like I have, people can see who's been lying about this stuff and who hasn't.
Transphobes have long observed that the flow of ersatz Ms into F sports has greatly exceeded the flow of ersatz Fs into M sports. Transphobes posit that this blows a huge whole in the "It's about equality of opportunity" argument, because, these bitter fucks say, this can't be a coincidence. Transphobes say this imbalance is indeed suggestive of trans people wanting to participate in sports, but that tossing the allure of improved relative performance into the mix adds a lot of incentive. Transphobes have all the answers.
Not at all surprised that Thomas was mediocre at best when competing against males. Also, no true athlete competes with others that are not on a level playing field.
Thomas is doing the world a favor by giving everyone a chance to decide for themselves in a relatively simple way how much of a difference there really is between males and females. Same competitive league, swimming events, etc.
As a result, sports fans or people who don't live on Twitter -- and despite my lack of participation there, I get sent enough tweets to remain aware of the general clamor -- have had no solid sense of how bitterly contentious and bullshit-powered the "let boys play as girls, and men as women" campaign is. Now, without having to fully immerse themselves in the culture wars and go angrily insane like I have, people can see who's been lying about this stuff and who hasn't.
And stats on women morphing into trans-men for a competitive sports advantage?
Transphobes have long observed that the flow of ersatz Ms into F sports has greatly exceeded the flow of ersatz Fs into M sports. Transphobes posit that this blows a huge whole in the "It's about equality of opportunity" argument, because, these bitter fucks say, this can't be a coincidence. Transphobes say this imbalance is indeed suggestive of trans people wanting to participate in sports, but that tossing the allure of improved relative performance into the mix adds a lot of incentive. Transphobes have all the answers.