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[–] 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

A man can cast 150 yards, but I can only cast about 70 yards. Some of the girls can only cast 50 yards. Body strength plays a major part and it gives Becky Lee a lot more water that she can fish in.”

The claim in the article is incredibly weak, especially versus the studies. I put this video at that the appropriate timestamp to hear someone go in depth on it, or click any of their sources for the raw science. But fair warning, it's not light reading.

The TL:DR is that Trans Women after 2 years of hormones, show no statistical difference from cis women in any athletic or cardiovascular actives. This is the basis that every major sports league, including the Olympics requires. In fact, the only time where it MIGHT be a factor is trans men having an advantage over cis men, but no one panics about that because assigned female at birth trans men are just assumed to be weak right? The entire premise that your genitals, assigned sex at birth or "male/female bones" overrides your endocrine system is based in bias, not fact.

Yes higher T generally coincides with more strength, but that fact entirely misses the point that trans women don't have much. It is VERY common for trans women to have lower T levels in their system versus cis women for a pretty obvious reason, one group is actively taking medication suppress it. (Or have had surgery to remove testes, where most T production occurs)

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    To highlight the points you're making, Sport England itself has data on its main page that stipulates that women are less active than men in general and that starts at a young age.

    https://www.sportengland.org/research-and-data/research/gender

    Our new 10-year strategy launched in 2021, Uniting the Movement, is our plan to make being physically active a normal part of life for everyone in England – to make it easier for all of us as we go about our everyday lives.

    Because currently, it’s not always a level playing field.

    We know that women are less active than men, and this gender gap starts with girls being less active from a very young age.

    This inequality, as well as others, is at the very core of Uniting the Movement and we have a laser focus on tackling them in all that we do, because providing opportunities to people and communities that have traditionally been left behind, and helping to remove the barriers to activity, has never been more important.

    So, surprise, it's probably not just "genetics" or "testosterone" as people keep claiming that all men are naturally stronger, when the statistics say that women are by and large less active, and that since this starts at a young age, it can have a long-term affect on women's sports abilities.

    On top of this, socially, women with lots of muscles are often not viewed as sexually desirable, despite being stronger than a lot of men in their weight class. So it's also justified to consider maybe women don't pursue strength as a virtue in the way a lot of men do, due to social expectations.

    As Sport England points out, they're often not being told socially that they can and should be active and involved, and on top of that, they often have negative social consequences for doing so.

    Literally a huge part of what Sport England is supposed to do is supposed to be about outreach and inclusivity, to make all Britons more active.

    That should include making trans people more active, instead of looking for more reasons to remove them from activities.

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