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The existence of women's sports is a historical one that was reinforced at regular intervals by patriarchal assumptions that women are more fragile and need to be "protected" It doesn't reflect any statistical truth (1/2)

Aliette de Bodard@aliettedebodard.com

By the way here is some data on trans people's performance in sports bjsm.bmj.com/content/58/1... And here are some interesting articles on sex categories in sports journals.library.wustl.edu/lawreview/ar... www.researchgate.net/publication/... Spoilers: there are no good reasons to segregate

With perfect timing, here's a photo that perfectly captures what's really going on with the political push to "protect women in sport" bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

i had to triple check that this wasn't from a parody account

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