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@MajorPom said in Transgender debate, in sport, in general:
@antipodean ok your right, you don’t say she was 100% male.
In my view you’ve implied that with your one sentence answers such as “she’s xy” etc.
Ok, well I can assure you you're inferring what isn't implied. "100% male" seemed to me to be a loaded statement.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Transgender debate, in sport, in general:
@paremata said in Transgender debate, in sport, in general:
The term “assigned at birth” is based around external genitalia obviously. It’s a recent turn of phrase the trans community have adopted along with gender identity to muddy things.
Bit bored so I did some googling. Some surprising figures,
The term has little to do with the trans community and has been around in medical circles for decades. Google shows the sex of around 1 in 200 babies is indeterminate at birth and can weeks before it becomes clear and determined. Surprised by that - perhaps something which isn't talked about?
Even then about 0.2% of births result in genital ambiguity and are classed as intersex. That intersex figure is even higher if you count things like hormone levels & Chromosomes. Surprised by those figures but they are referenced, so assume many are regarded as a medical condition treatable with surgery, drugs etc in the West.
For what it’s worth her school principal thought she was a boy till she was 16 .
Read she suffered real abuse at school as she looked like a boy and often forced to strip to show her genitals or lack thereof. Regarded as a freak, she had a pretty appalling childhood because of the way she was born
When did you first hear the phrase “assigned at birth”? It’s only recently escaped the trans community and medical circles and surfaced on articles about trans people in the media etc .
It’s a silly phrase that is usually a signal you’re dealing with a loon , much like insisting on they/them pronouns.
My mother was a nurse and told me about a couple of kids born on her watch . One had no anus and got a colostomy bag until they gave it surgery before it went to school . Another had six fingers on one one hand and surprisingly wasn’t swaddled in a Canterbury blanket .
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@paremata said in Transgender debate, in sport, in general:
When did you first hear the phrase “assigned at birth”? It’s only recently escaped the trans community and medical circles and surfaced on articles about trans people in the media etc .
Around '97 I think with a family members birth. Term itself may have been hijacked but it's been around for more than a while.
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I don't think anyone disagrees with protecting female sport. I think the argument is how do we best accommodate those with a medical condition which, from what I've read & been told, isn't as simple as XX and XY.
The IAAF recognise the latter and have done their best to achieve the former. Putting aside any sympathy one has for her, if Semenya doesn't want to go along with the rules, then she doesn't compete.
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@Bones said in Transgender debate, in sport, in general:
@voodoo said in Transgender debate, in sport, in general:
@Bones said in Transgender debate, in sport, in general:
@voodoo jesus. You want to be careful when throwing out initials for favoured events I would've thought. But I'm not a dad so....
Mind always in the gutter Bones!
And no need to call me Jesus bro, seems overkill.
Now you're trying to get me banned
It’s a long queue
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When you limit replies because you're quickly being ratioed
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Today I learned what ratioed meant.
Been listening to a Jordan Peterson podcast with Helen Joyce today. Fascinating stuff about the mind and actions of teens going through puberty.
It’s quite long but if you have an interest in this stuff -
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Transwomen were finally banned from competitive cycling. Trans Armstrong aka Rhys McKinnon aka Rachel McKinnon aka Veronica Ivy probably did more harm than anyone to transwomen competing in cycling but he was competing in masters events . The final straw was a trans woman winning an actual title . The fact a fat slob like Rhys was ever competitive actually proved the point about biological differences between men and women .
Rhys spent years doing things like mocking a terminally ill feminist and suggesting that feminists “die in a grease fire” while being the public face of transwomen in cycling and appearing on talk shows etc. He clashed with Martina Navratilova a couple of times, she got the last laugh though
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Good on these two women for calling it out for what it is
Fucking ridiculous
Hopefully the tide is turning
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New category being trialled:
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@MajorRage said in Transgender debate, in sport, in general:
New category being trialled:
oh just fuck off
There'll be some bloke who'll net 27 golds in one meet ffs
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@MiketheSnow said in Transgender debate, in sport, in general:
@MajorRage said in Transgender debate, in sport, in general:
New category being trialled:
oh just fuck off
There'll be some bloke who'll net 27 golds in one meet ffs
Likely, as he'll probably be the only one competing.
I actually think this is a good move as it will either provide a platform for trans people to compete more fairly or it will just show it up for the extremely niche issue that it is.
Transgender debate, in sport, in general
287. Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality | Helen Joyce — The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
