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janterry

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12. Is this faux science?

Reply to FreepFryer (Reply #11)

Tue Jun 22, 2021, 04:55 PM

Jun 2021

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/02/28/bjsports-2020-103106

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By conflating gender and sex we undermine sporting competition [View all] janterry Jun 2021 OP

Why is this transphobic shit allowed here? nt AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2021 #1

+1. I wish DU would clean up our act re this alt-right discriminatory propaganda. (Nt) FreepFryer Jun 2021 #3

It's from the Guardian janterry Jun 2021 #5

LOL (Nt) FreepFryer Jun 2021 #6

oh janterry Jun 2021 #7

Yup, (Nt) FreepFryer Jun 2021 #8

Is there no male advantage in most sports involving muscle strength? Dream Girl Jun 2021 #9

You think people go through gender affirming treatment for advantage in sports? AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2021 #10

Faux science is the way to dehumanize, sports is the medium because it lets one ignore humaneness. FreepFryer Jun 2021 #11

Is this faux science? janterry Jun 2021 #12

COVID Infection rates differ between different ethnic groups. Should we compel some to vaccinate? FreepFryer Jun 2021 #14

The first author is a transwoman and focuses on inclusion janterry Jun 2021 #16

This isn't about science and those pushing this discriminatory tripe know it. As do the public. nt FreepFryer Jun 2021 #18

It is to me janterry Jun 2021 #20

That's very clear. How many dozens of these articles have you posted here making this claim? nt FreepFryer Jun 2021 #23

10 comments in this thread asserting..... janterry Jun 2021 #24

Articles. Not comments. Dozens on DU posted here by you on this exact topic and this exact argument. FreepFryer Jun 2021 #28

Again, I am here to discuss science janterry Jun 2021 #29

Sure. (Nt) FreepFryer Jun 2021 #31

Wat are you even saying? Dream Girl Jun 2021 #27

Did I say or suggest that anyone would go through gender reassignment in order to obtain an Dream Girl Jun 2021 #21

And there it is..."Cede even that to men" AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2021 #35

I am pro-woman. Dream Girl Jun 2021 #36

Unless they're trans apparently AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2021 #37

Can women have anything at all? Dream Girl Jun 2021 #41

You made a similar comment earlier, that transwomen were men taking something from women. FreepFryer Jun 2021 #42

Apparently you do care, because you call them men AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2021 #43

The science is increasingly clear janterry Jun 2021 #13

"Just" science. There is no such thing. See Tuskegee, et al. (Nt) FreepFryer Jun 2021 #15

nonsense janterry Jun 2021 #17

Exactly. This anti trans argument in sports is nonsense, dehumanizing and dividing w no cause. FreepFryer Jun 2021 #19

No, you are making a nonsense argument janterry Jun 2021 #22

Untrue. (Nt) FreepFryer Jun 2021 #25

I have given you CLEAR science to peruse janterry Jun 2021 #26

No, you've reposted dozens of articles on DU claiming a scientific basis for discrimination. (Nt) FreepFryer Jun 2021 #30

One by a transwoman janterry Jun 2021 #32

Those wrapping themselves in science in order to wield power sure seem to care about how one does. FreepFryer Jun 2021 #33

well, take your complaint to her janterry Jun 2021 #34

Hate? Discrimination? Dream Girl Jun 2021 #38

Are transwomen women? AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2021 #39

They are trans women. Dream Girl Jun 2021 #48

Got it - you're a transphobe. AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2021 #49

I guess that means you really have no credible argument if you have to resort to name calling. Dream Girl Jun 2021 #56

Why should I waste arguments? AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2021 #57

Cut this transphobic crap. Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #51

This is about the science of sports janterry Jun 2021 #53

Sure Jan AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2021 #58

The post I responded to was one that insisted on modifying the term woman Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #61

And yet it stands here. AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2021 #59

It's all in the mix. Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author FreepFryer Jun 2021 #2

Here is another very telling hit piece written by Tanya Aldred, the author of the Guardian piece. FreepFryer Jun 2021 #4

I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that Laurel will win. Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #40

Kuinini 'Nini' Manumua janterry Jun 2021 #46

Not sure how a New Zealand competitor would displace someone wearing a "USA" jersey AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2021 #50

You'll have to research how people qualify in weightlifting janterry Jun 2021 #52

In many countries dual-citizens pjpossum Jun 2021 #66

But Tonga and the United States aren't New Zealand AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2021 #67

She may have dual-citizenship or ancestral ties with both. Look her up. pjpossum Jun 2021 #68

I did AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2021 #69

She may have dual-citizenship with New Zealand pjpossum Jun 2021 #70

She deserved better. n/t jcmaine72 Jun 2021 #54

Who did? AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2021 #60

It's not that simple, but Ingloriusbastrd1 Jun 2021 #44

This issue is complicated & has nuance pjpossum Jun 2021 #45

going through male puberty appears janterry Jun 2021 #47

I agree. pjpossum Jun 2021 #55

Ross Tucker writes janterry Jun 2021 #63

Thank you for that post. Yes, this is a highly complex & nuanced issue hlthe2b Jun 2021 #64

Thank you for your thoughtful responce. pjpossum Jun 2021 #65

Agreed Ellen Forradalom Jun 2021 #71