Did it occur to you that she’s neither saying nor suggesting that the phrase is “incorrect”, but simply quoting the term used in the policy? (That’s why they are sometimes referred to as “quotation marks.”)

“Female anatomy” is not a single, uniform entity that every cis woman possesses in exactly equal amounts - it can vary fairly significantly from person to person. And in fact, lowering T levels and raising E levels does in fact do quite a lot of work towards making a body female (which is why trans women do it in the…

One would assume that, if it were about fairness in competition for college scholarships, at least one person writing/promoting these pieces of legislation would have mentioned college or scholarships, or those two words together.

The study was peer-reviewed, and attempted to control for age. It has failings, sure, but I would argue that they are no greater than the one study you’ve posted.

Except that study didn’t study athletes, and didn’t directly study athleticism. This study did look into race times among transgender athletes (Although not at an elite level) and found no competitive advantage for trans athletes.

Per this study, “there is no direct or consistent research suggesting transgender female individuals (or male individuals) have an athletic advantage at any stage of their transition”.

I admire your tenacity. I live for the day someone will post, "well crap. You are a scientist and I'm not. I'll keep being skeptical, but for now, I'll accept your position". Think that will ever happen?

It’s not largely untested just because you disagree with the results. And again, you haven’t provided any large or broad studies to back up your claim, just a single very small study that didn’t even look at athletes with its extremely limited scope.

A fair proposal would be to not legislate this issue because it doesn’t need to be.

Schools can decide on their own rules, with parent input. But honestly, when the kids are pre-pubescent, it shouldn’t matter; the biological differences are not that pronounced until then.

Being biologically male is not what grants men an edge in sport. It’s testosterone. The idea that everyone with a Y chromosome has an edge due to that alone is facetious.

I stick by the original opinion I posted

Do you know the only thing that matters about youth sports, in the macro level? Participation. Participating in sports has social and physical health benefits, which is why many schools encourage or require students to participate in them. But which particular child wins that sport is ultimately meaningless, and is as…

People have been debating about it from the start. It’s an ongoing discussion, and it has evolved over time as our understanding of the concepts involved has grown. With all that said, you haven’t shown anything that supports your original claim that “Trans women are destroying every sports record set by women around…

From that article:

no one who asked for a citation was rude to you or refused to believe you because it disagrees with their worldview. stop projecting and going on the offensive because people fairly questioned your claim.

Did you read your own article, or just look at the headline and run with it? The claim you made isn’t in there, and on top of that, it makes a point to say that hand-wringing over trans athletes in nonsense.

A yes, Republicans are concerned about fairness and the treatment of women. So concerned that they fail to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, defeat legislation promoting equal pay for equal work, and loosen Title IX protections for campus assault, deny a woman’s right to make decsions regarding her own body,…

Yeah, it’s exhausting. I was quizzed by a local cashier a couple days ago if my wife was a “real lady” and has she always been a “real lady?” The answer is yes and yes, you fucking COW. What slays me is the fact her very existence gives these people the “right” to ask such questions. Each time this stuff happens, I…

cheese and FUCKING rice I am tired of the “concern-trolling as legislation” trend. let’s idk NOT make life harder for kids and young adults who, by living in their identity, are going to have it hard ANYWAY because our society is kicking and screaming its way into the future even as we hang sign party “Live Laugh…

And remember, “No one said this wasn’t Photoshopped” is apparently a perfectly acceptable excuse for spamming the world with fake pictures.