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Why blue WA voted to ban trans athletes from girls sports
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I'm not suggesting anything at all except that sports are not so sacred that we need to literally legislate the issue at a government level for the same reason we don't have laws about Candyland.
Apparently we do, and there are potentially millions of dollars in sports, and while fairness and equality may not be important to you they are to me, and trans people I feel violate that. I also believe in a sanctity of sports and place a high value on competition where we all agree on and can follow rules while doing something physical and having fun, I believe learning those skills are central to society.
You are seriously suggesting that your feelings about sports are a reason for the government to restrict the freedom of a minority. Why does our society have to conform around your incorrect beliefs?
No, I'm saying that they stated that lean muscle mass doesn't affect overall athletic ability, which is absolute horseshit of the highest tier. The best predictor of physical ability has always been lean muscle mass, and I cannot find why they concluded that it wasn't a significant factor. So my conclusion is it's political.
Thankfully this is the position of most sports professionals and those that dictate the rules. Also Washington made the sane choice on the ballot too.
You are now suggesting that all the researchers are working together for political purposes and intentionally coming to the wrong conclusions about the data. Again, your proof is you feel that the researchers must be wrong.
If you feel so strongly that you are correct, go prove it. Go collect the data, do the research, and prove that all the other researchers are partisan hacks who are pushing a political agenda. Until you have proven your spurious claims, society is under no obligation to conform to your feelings.
See here's the thing. I don't have to. I have a degree in Exercise Science. I know lean muscle mass percentage by weight is the best predictor for physical ability. So why these researchers conclude it isn't without explanation is frankly entirely beyond me. I can't find anything on why they concluded that way and it flies in the face of basically what I know and have studied. And when the conclusion doesn't support the data like it does in that study I have to wonder what politically motivated reason there is for that.
You are rubbing shoulders with flat earthers and anti vaxxers. "Scientific concensus must be wrong because I said so. They tell me I'm wrong, but I know better. Why do they keep saying the Earth is round when I can see the flat ground? They must be politically motivated." You're doing the Dr. Oz, claiming that the anti-vaxxers have legitimate concerns that need to be seriously invesitgated and we really need to stop taking vaccines in the meantime because I'm a doctor so you can trust me over scientific consensus.
No actually I'm not, and this is my last comment since you're too stupid to understand, clearly. Those researchers said lean muscle mass is not a predictor of athletic performance. That is not the scientific consensus of the field period. Their statement goes against science.
Strongly believe it, just like body dysmorphia is no longer considered a psych illness, yet all trans options are still done through a psychologist. There most certainly are politically motivated aspects to that as well.