Meanwhile, Maine governor Janet Mills is defying President Trump’s executive order.
  • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
    610·
    2 days ago

    I’ve never seen people care this much about Micheal Phelps biological atheletic advantage.

    Have you ever seen Michael Phelps compete against a league of teenagers?

    Or a regional swim meet in Idaho?

    • SphereofWreckening@lemmy.world
      116·
      2 days ago

      All trans women/trans athletes should be banned from sports competition because 2 happened to out-perform their cis peers? What a pathetically reactionary argument. This comment right here perfectly exemplifies the transphobic mindset.

      Here’s an idea: why don’t you post actual peer-reviewed studies and evidence of trans athletes outperforming their peers on average due to being trans? Oh wait, you can’t. Because there’s literally zero empirical evidence of that being the case.

      And the fact that you pivoted so quickly away from Phelps for some reactionary anecdote says it all.

      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
        49·
        2 days ago

        All trans women/trans athletes should be banned from sports competition

        The fuck bullshit is this?

        you pivoted so quickly away from Phelps

        The fuck bullshit is this?

        Did you respond to the wrong comment? Literally my previous comment, the one you responded to, is about Phelps.

        Edit: also

        don’t you post actual peer-reviewed studies

        Sealion.

            • CherryBullets@lemmy.caEnglish
              103·
              2 days ago

              Scientist already have proven there’s no advantage and were testing athletes in sports for hormone levels, muscle atrophy and bone mass loss that happen when on HRT (which is why even the most famous trans women never dominated year after year, because the tests showed they were at normal female levels)… Peer reviewed scientists > you and your biased sources