Friday, March 24, 2023

Links - 24th March 2023 (2 - Trans Mania)

Meme - "Deluxe Bathrooms. NTLY Limited to [3] Minute"
">Trans bathroom
>Someone is hanging from the ceiling
What did EA mean by this?"

Your child isn’t trans, she’s just a tomboy | The Spectator - "Therapists, doctors, teachers – all were happy to accept Sam’s new identity.  Well of course they were. What else can any modern professional do? Trans doctrine has it that ‘41 per cent of trans kids attempt suicide’. Not to affirm a child’s chosen pronouns might mean self-harm, perhaps a lawsuit, unemployment, ostracisation. That stat, as it happens, is garbage. But as it’s heresy to question it, few know to ignore it. So: smile, affirm, give the kid another shove along the road to medicalisation. In some places to question a child’s chosen gender is illegal ‘conversion therapy’. Even our tidy little PM has said he might ban conversion therapy. If heads of government buy into the madness, why should health professionals resist?...   It’s weird how straight-laced progressives are. At no other point in history would the existence of a boyish girl have raised the idea that she might actually be a boy in some metaphysical sense. But because we’ve been marinating, for a decade, in the glutinous language of critical gender theory, it’s become normal to think a boyish girl or a girlish boy needs treatment. Sam’s mum was primed. We’ve all been primed. I’m just lucky no one thought like this in the 1980s. Sam’s story, right up until David the counsellor enters the scene, will be familiar to any number of us who were once called tomboys. As a child it never occurred to me that it wasn’t infinitely preferable to be a boy. I liked my hair short, climbed trees and collected knives. If you’d asked me, any time in the first 12 years of my life, if I’d like to be a boy, I’d have said yes, no question. And if a serious-looking medical man had given me that beard/boob dilemma, I’d have answered same as Sam. I was as hungry for adult attention, and it’s clear as day to any kid which answer will keep you in the spotlight. And what six-year-old girl wants breasts?... 'I even bought Sam a she-wee so she could pee standing up like the boys. I also looked into children’s packers so Sam could have a bulge in her pants.’  If a fake crotch bulge for a prepubescent girl seems outlandish, I’m afraid that’s only because you’re not fully submerged in the new normal. Just you wait until your family faces its own trans nightmare. And if it does, you might take heart and guidance from what Sam’s mum did next... ‘Sam, we think that living with this secret that you are a girl is not healthy so we are going to start using she/her pronouns.’ ‘And guess what?’ writes Sam’s mum. ‘Sam was extremely relieved. We never saw her so happy.’  I think about what David said: parents, take your lead from the four-year-old. And then about Sam’s relief when the adults were back in charge. It makes my blood run cold."

‘Lia’ Thomas Exposed His Junk to Female Teammates - "Riley Gaines, a former teammate of Thomas, is calling for changes to be made by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).  “We were not forewarned beforehand that we would be sharing a locker room with Lia. We did not give our consent, they did not ask for our consent, but in that locker room, we turned around and there’s a 6’4″ biological man dropping his pants and watching us undress, and we were exposed to male genitalia”...   “That to me was worse than the competition piece,” Gaines added. “Not even probably a year, two years ago, this would have been considered some form of sexual assault, voyeurism. But now not even are they just allowing it to happen, it’s almost as if these large organizations are encouraging it to happen.”   Gaines, a spokesperson for the Independent Women’s Forum, claims that the NCAA has become a champion of transgender athletes at the expense of women’s sports. The 22-year-old originally planned to go to dentistry school but is putting her career plans on hold to be an advocate for female athletes who are reluctant to speak out. “People are terrified, especially speaking from my experience of talking to other NCAA swimmers specifically. Lia Thomas’s teammates even. They are told their school has made their stance for them. They are told if they feel uncomfortable seeing male genitalia in the locker room, they should seek counseling resources. They’re told they will never get into grad school if they speak out”"

Meme - INAECCESSIBELLE CONT @StarQueen_9: "Cis bisexuals who attack gay/trans folk and stay acting like "monosexism" isn't a symptom of how Homonationalism created a white/ cis/bourgeois reduction of the term "Gay" in order to expand the culture of monogamy and Patriarchy + cishetero/allo-sexism that harms ALL of us."

Meme - "My gynecologist and his nurse looking at the maggots living inside my neovagina"

Public Library Director Fired After Staff Allegedly Tried to Shut Down Kirk Cameron Reading Event - "A public library director in Tennessee has reportedly been fired following allegations that he and some library staff tried to shut down a children’s reading event last month featuring conservative actor Kirk Cameron.  The Sumner County Library Board voted 4 to 3 on Wednesday to terminate Hendersonville Public Library director Allan Morales... Morales lost his job after last month’s children’s library event that featured Kirk Cameron, swimmer Riley Gaines, and Duck Dynasty star Missy Robertson. It was Missy Robertson who accused the librarian of organizing a campaign against the event, though she didn’t use his name.  “He started a campaign in the community to shut [the event] down without officially canceling it because then he knew that it wouldn’t be good for their library”... She alleged that while she and others were trying to shoot promotional videos, some library staffers began behaving disruptively to prevent the team from recording footage.  “They’re slamming books together. They’re kicking cabinets. They’re hollering out loud,” said Robertson.  In a Facebook post, Kirk Cameron referenced “unkind pushback” from “one disgruntled librarian.”"
Weird. We're told that if you oppose drag queens reading to kids, you're a terrible person because reading to kids is such a wholesome activity

Meme - "Imagine looking at the world today and thinking drag shows are the problem."
Ironic. When you point out that liberals are obsessing about pointless trivial bullshit, they say that just because you are concerned with one problem doesn't mean you're not concerned with others, or that you think that is the main problem with the world. Not to mention the mischievous conflation of drag shows to children with drag shows

Meme - "A DRAG QUEEN NEVER HURT A CHILD"
"Drag queen jailed for arranging sex with children in Wimbledon"

The strange reaction to the death of a child rapist drag queen | The Spectator - "Darren Moore was found dead. Moore was a long-standing and well-known drag artist in Cardiff where he lived.    He was also a convicted child rapist. But this chilling fact has been almost entirely ignored by the mainstream media as they report his death. Instead, the commentary and news coverage has been hugely positive about Moore’s life. At times, the coverage has bordered on gushing, with article after article going into great detail about the warm tributes to Moore pouring in from the local community. A member of the public was interviewed, saying: ‘it’s rocked the community, that’s all I can say, no-one’s safe anywhere’. Another was quoted as saying: ‘everyone in the gay community knew him, he was just liked by everyone.’    The police were quoted by the press, stating: ‘Cardiff has a long and proud tradition of recognising, celebrating and protecting equality and diversity.’   There were also lengthy quotes from Moore’s family, including: ‘He was always the life and soul wherever he went, he was our social butterfly.’   The twisted irony of these statements is difficult to ignore.   There was even space in these lengthy articles to describe Moore’s appearance on the night of his death in minute detail. These included statements, such as: ‘Moore was last seen…while wearing full face make-up, a luminous green drees, blonde wig, heels and carrying a clutch bag.’   Yet, almost universally, there has been no mention of Moore’s horrific past.   Moore was jailed in March 1999 after being convicted of four counts of rape of a boy aged under 16.   He was also banned from having contact with children. However, in 2011, he was sentenced for breaching his sex offender’s order, after being caught working with children as a dance and gymnastics coach.    The fact that news outlets had the ability to report on the colour of Moore’s wig but not on the atrocious crimes he had previously committed is worrying.   In articles by ITV News, Sky News, the Mirror and the Daily Post, there was not a single mention of the above. BBC News referenced it briefly in two lines, at the end of a lengthy and otherwise positive piece.   There is growing concern that journalistic integrity has been thrown under the bus when it comes to reporting on issues relating to ‘LGBT+’ individuals. I believe this to be the fault of gender ideology, which has put the fear of God into people that if they say something negative or challenging about a ‘trans’ person, even if it is factual, they might be condemned as being ‘transphobic’... A Go Fund Me page was created to raise money for his funeral. The page states that ‘his larger-than-life character and charisma were something that you’ll never forget.’ I’m sure Moore’s vulnerable and helpless victims will also struggle to ‘forget’.   More concerning was the publicity and support that came from ‘Aida H. Dee’ (real name Sab Samuel), who is the founder of ‘Drag Queen Story Hour UK’. This is an individual who has previously stated: ‘trans women are women’, as well as the statement that ‘love has no age’.   On his Facebook page, Samuel wrote of Moore: ‘I’d like to help give my friend the send off he deserves’ before stating ‘Rest in Power’ and encouraging people to donate to Moore’s Go Fund Me page.  Drag Queen Story Hour is often showcased before young toddlers and children in libraries, schools, art galleries and hospitals around the country. It involves ‘Aida H. Dee’ wearing such tight-fitted clothing that his genitals are often visible and includes children posing with the trans pride flag. Drag Queen Story Hour has previously stated that Samuel can be an ‘imaginative role model for children to look up to’.   There is nothing to suggest Samuel has done anything wrong himself, but if he was aware of Moore’s conviction, then as an individual who engages with children on an almost daily basis, being this sympathetic towards a child rapist is surprising... we rely on our news outlets to report accurately and thoroughly, free from ideological influence. When much of our media fails to report, wilfully or blindly, the facts regarding Darren Moore’s rape of children, they do a disservice to us all."
Ironically, the same people who keep sharing the meme about how drag queens never appeared on "to catch a predator" keep going on about media bias

Meme - "Banning Drag Queens won't work. The only thing that will stop a bad guy in a dress is a good guy in a dress."

Actress called transphobic for condemning ‘abhorrent’ drag queen cabaret for parents and their babies - "A drag queen cabaret event for babies has been condemned as “abhorrent” by British actress Amanda Abbington.  The CabaBabaRave entertainment company is hosting a string of events intended for infants and their parents, and footage has emerged of one show featuring a man dancing in knee-high boots and a bondage harness, and another performing a handstand in a thong.  The performance staged in front of babies has been branded “abhorrent” by Sherlock actress Abbington, who stated on Twitter that if anyone believed the show was appropriate for children there must be something “fundamentally wrong” with them.
'I lost quite a few followers for saying that a semi-naked man in thigh high boots dancing in a highly sexualised way shouldn’t be performing in front of babies and it tells me everything I need to know about where society is heading. How do you not agree with me on this????'"
If you're against sexualising children, you're transphobic

Meme - "Horrors! Milton Berle and Bob Hope grooming kids in the 1950s."
Comment: "So heres the thing. Hope and Berl were doing it as a joke, the entire point is they looked and sounded like men thus dressing as women was laughable. Funny how you chose them specifically making fun of men dressing as women to make your point"
Comments (elsewhere): "Doing it for a laugh and doing it to try and undermine the foundations of humanity, aren't really equivalent."
"Weak sauce whataboutery. The UK has a history of pantomime dames as part of children's entertainment, traditionally an overweight middle aged actor who would throw in a few "nod and a wink" saucy innuendo jokes for the parents that would go over the heads of the kids in the audience, but the show was otherwise wholesome entertainment. The "male" lead was typically played by an attractive female too, whose obvious femininity was usually the butt of the dame's jokes. You could also bring up Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough dressing up as gossipy old women for comedy sketches, or Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon in Some Like It Hot for that matter. What makes it different is the clear insertion of alphabet agenda to impressionable pre-schoolers, at best it's proselytising propaganda, at worst it's outright grooming. I'm sure you actually do know the difference, you're just being deliberately obtuse."
"I get it. You progressives don't understand what comedy is. That's why you canceled Dave Chapelle."
"They did this as humor because men look funny dressed as women and people like laughing at funny things"
"I support Drag shows for Islamic countries"
"So they admit that they are nothing more than sheer comedy to everyone? Bout time they came to terms with it."

Meme - "Drag queens are just trans groomers in skimpy clothes"
"Actually most of drag is just fully clothed men in women's clothing making fun of women"
"Making fun of women? Holy shit I love drag now."

Drag Queen Biden Invited to White House Previously Tweeted, “Kids Are Out to Sing and Suck D!” - "Drag queen activist Marti Cummings celebrated his invitation to the event on Monday by tweeting, “To be a non binary drag artist invited to the White House is something I never imagined would happen. Thank you President & Dr. Biden for inviting me to this historic bill signing. Grateful doesn’t begin to express the emotions I feel.”... “Anyone who thinks drag isn’t for children is wrong,” Cummings also asserted, along with a picture of a young boy who was apparently “excited” to perform with drag queens.  Cummings also appeared in a music video called “Show Me Your D*ck,” which includes erect penises flashing up on screen. Another video showed the activist bragging about how he had gay sex with 52 men in a single year, a rate of one per week.  Cummings has repeatedly insisted that children should be exposed to drag queen shows... Media outlets responded hysterically when Donald Trump unwittingly met accused anti-Semite Nick Fuentes at his Mar-a-Lago mansion a few weeks ago.  Will any of them react similarly to this?  Don’t hold your breath."

School suspends sex education after drag queen 'told 11-year-olds there are 73 genders' - "Sex education has been suspended in Isle of Man schools after a drag queen allegedly told 11-year-olds that there are 73 genders.  The Isle of Man government has launched an independent review of its personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) curriculum after parents raised the alarm about the “graphic, disproportionate, indecent presentation” of sexual acts and different gender identities understood to have been taught in lessons.   Parents of pupils at Queen Elizabeth II High School in Peel, on the Isle of Man, have reported that Year 7 pupils were taught by a drag queen who told them there are 73 genders.   When one “upset” child responded and said “there’s only two”, the drag queen allegedly responded “you’ve upset me” and made the pupil leave the class.  Some 11-year-olds at the school were taught about oral and anal sex, while another group learned about sex change operations and were shown how skin graft taken from a girl’s arm could be used on an artificial penis, according to reports. “A lot of children are just too traumatised to even talk to their parents," Eliza Cox, vice-chairman of Marown Commissioners, told Energy FM Isle of Man. “As a parent, you don’t know what children are being taught.”  She said that one teacher on the island had told her she had to teach a group of boys and girls in Years 7 and 8 how to masturbate. Another teacher was said to be so uncomfortable with the content of the PSHE curriculum that they told pupils: “Please don’t listen to me” while they taught the lesson."
Weird.I thought this never happens

West End musical dragged into gender row over casting man in trans role - "A musical once held in the West End has become embroiled in a row with trans campaigners after a man was hired to play a transgender character.  Producers of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert have defended the decision to cast Miles Western as Bernadette Bassenger, a  former drag queen portrayed by Terence Stamp in the comedy film.  The move prompted five transgender and non-binary theatremakers to call for venues across the UK to boycott the production when it returns to theatres in June ahead of a hopeful bid to return to London's West End.   In a letter published online, critics said: “If you are a cisgender actor who is playing trans, ask yourself why you’re OK with taking a role that a transgender actor will never be offered. We are apparently not talented or skilled enough to play ourselves, so what makes you good enough to play us?...   The producers said: “We chose Allie not because she was a transgender performer but because she was the best actor for the role.”  In January, Russell T Davis, creator of the Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin, said he cast gay actors in gay roles to get “authenticity” as well as “revenge for 100 years of straight-washing”.  In 2018, Scarlett Johansson dropped out of production of the film Rub & Tug, in which she would have played transgender character, after criticism from members of the trans community."

Meme - "IF YOU ANSWER NO TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS... CONGRATULATIONS YOU'RE A 'TERF'! OR WILL BE DENOUNCED AS ONE
DO YOU THINK LESBIANS CAN HAVE A PENIS?
DO YOU THINK GAY MEN CAN HAVE A VAGINA?
DO MEN GET CERVICAL CANCER?
DO WOMEN GET PROSTATE CANCER?
DO YOU THINK MEN CAN GET PREGNANT AND GIVE BIRTH?
ARE THERE MORE THEN TWO SEXES IN HUMANS?
SHOULD MALES BE ALLOWED TO PLAY IN FEMALE SPORTS?
DO YOU THINK IT'S OK TO REFER TO MOTHERS AS BIRTHING PEOPLE, AND WOMEN AS VULVA-OWNERS OR MENSTRUATORS?
IF A MALE OFFENDER 'IDENTIFIES' AS A WOMAN SHOULD IT BE RECORDED AS A WOMAN'S CRIME?
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WE ALL HAVE A 'GENDER IDENTITY' e.g. TRANS, NON-BINARY, CIS, AGENDER ETC?
IS IT OK TO TELL PEOPLE THAT THEIR 'GENITAL PREFERENCE' IS TRANSPHOBIC AND THAT THEY SHOULD INCLUDE TRANS PEOPLE IN THEIR DATING POOL?
DO YOU THINK MALES SHOULD BE ABLE TO STRIP SEARCH YOU ON THEIR SAY SO? HOW ABOUT MY MUM? YOUR 20 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER?
DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD TEACH KIDS (ESPECIALLY GENDER NON-CONFORMING OR HOMOSEXUAL KIDS) THAT THEIR BODIES ARE WRONG AND THE ONLY WAY TO BE HAPPY IS TO FIX IT WITH MEDICATION AND SURGERY?
SHOULD MALE-SEXED PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO UNDRESS AND SHOWER IN A COMMUNAL CHANGING ROOM WITH TEENAGE GIRLS?
DO YOU THINK ASKING ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS IS HATEFUL?"

Analysis of Mortality Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults in England - "In this cohort study of 139 484 individuals, TGD people had elevated overall mortality compared with cisgender people, specifically deaths from external causes (suicides, homicides, and accidental poisonings), endocrine disorders, and other ill-defined and unspecified causes. Transfeminine individuals had a decreased cancer mortality risk compared with cisgender women but the same risk as cisgender men, whereas transmasculine individuals had the same cancer mortality risk as cisgender people."
Clearly the fault of "stigma" and "discrimination"

Meme - "THE TRANSGENDER SONG:
(To the tune of 'If you're happy and you know it, Clap your hands)
If a person has a penis, he's a man
If a person has a penis, he's a man
If he doesn't want to lose it
Even though he doesn't use it
If a person has a penis, he's a man.
If a person has a nutsack, he's a man
If a person has a nutsack, he's a man
He can tuck it to conceal it
Let it dangle and reveal it
If a person has a nutsack, he's a man
If he amputates his bits, he's still a man
If grows a pair of tits, he's still man
If the chromosome's a "Y"
HE WILL ALWAYS BE A GUY...
If he isn't born a woman, he's a man."

Gender dysphoria in adolescence: current perspectives - "Increasing numbers of adolescents are seeking treatment at gender identity services in Western countries. An increasingly accepted treatment model that includes puberty suppression with gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs starting during the early stages of puberty, cross-sex hormonal treatment starting at ~16 years of age and possibly surgical treatments in legal adulthood, is often indicated for adolescents with childhood gender dysphoria (GD) that intensifies during puberty. However, virtually nothing is known regarding adolescent-onset GD, its progression and factors that influence the completion of the developmental tasks of adolescence among young people with GD and/or transgender identity. Consolidation of identity development is a central developmental goal of adolescence, but we still do not know enough about how gender identity and gender variance actually evolve. Treatment-seeking adolescents with GD present with considerable psychiatric comorbidity. There is little research on how GD and/or transgender identity are associated with completion of developmental tasks of adolescence... Evidence from the 10 available prospective follow-up studies from childhood to adolescence (reviewed in the study by Ristori and Steensma28) indicates that for ~80% of children who meet the criteria for GDC, the GD recedes with puberty. Instead, many of these adolescents will identify as non-heterosexual"
The lawsuits are going to be aplenty

Meme - "I support the LGBT: Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, TERFs"

Meme - THE AMAZING ATHEIST!: "What is a woman? A culturally malleable social designation traditionally imposed upon females at birth, that can now be adopted or rejected by anyone at their own individual discretion. Next."
Tiffany Woman4Women: "That's femininity. It amazes me that fellow atheists are falling for the religion of gender. Women are adult human females, without exception."
DRUNKEN ATHEIST STUDIO @christofilms: "The demand from these radical activists to accept their dogma without question reminds me VERY much of growing up under Catholicism. No thanks. I didn't escape that cult just to join a new one"

Meme Timmie @haytimmie: "Advantages trans women have over cis folks:
Funnier
Prettier
Access to large network of thirsty lesbians (Twitter)
Confidence forged in the fires of bigotry
Huge catalogue of trans specific jokes
Laser eyes
Freshly grown boobs at any age
Extensive trivia knowledge
Blahaj"
Trans narcissism strikes again
BLÅHAJ is the Ikea baby shark

Meme - "ok, predditor.
Reddit banned the word "groomer" because it's "hate speech," and 24 hours later the community came up with a new word."

Watson on Twitter - "I really wish my gender clinic had given me "conversion therapy." If they had actually taken the time to question and challenge me back then, maybe I wouldn't have to live the rest of my life as I am: a young woman with a beard, massive chest scars and bladder problems. Thanks."

Meme - "Cant get a girlfriend"
"So you become the girlfriend"
"Cant get a boyfriend"

Meme - OutspokenSamantha @Outspoken_Sam: "Today I went to the bank and told them I I identify as a millionaire, and that I'd like to withdraw my money. They laughed and asked me to leave. Turns out - just because you believe something in your brain, doesn't make it true, and you can't force others to pretend it is."

Meme - "r/actuallesbians She was my bestfriend in high school and I loved her but she came out as lesbian. I discovered I'm a transwoman and convinced her shes still a valid lesbian and its transphobic not to date me. We've been a transbian/lesbian couple for 6 months"

Meme - @Huff4Congress: "I asked ChatGPT Al to write a Dr. Seuss poem that's also a persuasive explanation why "transwomen" are men."
"Seuss Transwoman Argument
Write a persuasive Dr. Seuss poem explaining why a "transwoman" is a man
I see your hair. It is a wig.
Your Adam's apple still looks big.
You are a man, and that is clear.
I do not see a woman here.
I must admit, It's rather odd
To hear you say you're now a broad.
You have no uterus, so no:
You cannot bleed from down below.
I do not like your padded bra!
You should not use the women's spa!
You tell me you had surgery;
Your pronouns still are "him" and "he."
Your chromosomes are X and Y.
That means you'll always be a guy.
You gave yourself a girly name.
That does not mean you're now a dame.
A surgeon chopped your eggs and ham?
I still won't call you Ma'am I Am."

Meme - "One of the most surprising ON THE ROAD TO SHE
ARE "BIOLOGICAL" WOMEN JEALOUS OF TRANS WOMEN?"

The true difference between men and women’s bodies – and what it means for the trans athlete debate - "In general, a world-class male athlete will always beat a world-class female athlete, says Dr Richard Bruce, senior lecturer in cardiorespiratory physiology at King’s College London. “The world record for the men tends to be about 10 per cent faster for pretty much every event from 100 metres up to the marathon,” he says. The same goes for swimming. In field events, such as long jump and discus, there is about a 20 per cent difference and in weightlifting it’s 30 per cent. This male advantage is mostly down to genetics. Your genes control the production of hormones as well as the receptors that interact with the hormones. “You can affect that by taking drugs to dampen it down, but the actual gene is still there,” says Professor Paul Lee, a Harley Street specialist in sports, regenerative and orthopaedic surgery... As men tend to be taller than women, the volume of their lungs is typically 20 per cent bigger. “Therefore they can take deeper breaths,” says Prof Lee. “This tends to give men a slight advantage because they are able to get more air into their body, leading to greater oxygenation via the bloodstream – and therefore more endurance.”   Dr Bruce also feels an advantage in performance is conferred by heart size and haemoglobin levels. Haemoglobin is essential for transferring oxygen in your blood from the lungs to the tissues. Though equal in childhood, in women haemoglobin levels plateau during early puberty, while in men it continues to rise, leading to a 10 to 20 per cent difference in haemoglobin concentration.  Higher volume of red blood cells equals higher athletic performance. Dr Bruce says: “In any running event of upwards of 5K where there is aerobic exercise associated with longer-distance events, haemoglobin levels are important.” Men’s naturally higher levels of testosterone mean they tend to be leaner than women. “Testosterone is related to metabolic rate and means that men tend not to put on fat as easily; they put on muscle,” explains Prof Lee. Even with the same training regime, a man will put on 20 per cent more muscle, he says: “For the female it will not be as easy, they will have to work harder to get the same muscles as men.”  “The proportion of slow-twitch (endurance) and fast-twitch (power) fibres are fairly similar across genders,” says Dr Paula Vickerton, director of anatomical studies at Queen Mary University of London, “but males have larger fast-twitch fibres, which allows them to generate higher force.”. This combination of power and strength is part of why men have an advantage in short and middle distance running events.  Women’s fat composition may help in some endurance sports... The science is pretty simple on this one: the more muscle mass you have, the more power you can produce. “That is a really big deal,” says Prof Lee. Therefore, combined with height, this multiplies the male advantage.  The longer the lever arm (the distance between the point of application of a force and the axis), the more force a person can produce... studies have consistently shown that men have a higher football-kicking velocity than women... “If you’ve got a stronger muscle attachment to the bone, the bone gets thicker and stronger in response,” says Dr Vickerton, “Testosterone drives muscle growth, which in turn drives bone mass.” Women’s muscles are smaller, so their bones are weaker, particularly after menopause. Prof Lee agrees: “When we assess bone strength via scans, the male line is higher than the female.”... Gymnastics is an example of an integrated sport that accounts for physiological differences between men and women. “It allows men and women to compete in slightly different but similar disciplines that really show off their physiology,” explains Dr Bruce. “So, men do the rings, which require a lot of upper body strength, and women do the balance beam that requires balance and flexibility.”... The anatomy of the pelvis and knees reveals the clearest differences between men and women, says Dr Vickerton: “Females have a wider pelvis, which means their femurs are at a sharper angle then in men, which loads their knees quite differently.”... “A man being taller means he will have a bigger chest wall and can therefore produce a lot more power,” says Prof Lee. “When you see the track and field athletes, such as javelin throwers, they are really big and tall, male or female. You can generate a lot more power from the upper limb with a slightly bigger skeleton.”... women’s elbows also have a slightly higher carrying angle. “Which means when you have your arms by your sides they’re not perfectly straight. It means the lever arm is shorter and not as powerful”"
Clearly testosterone levels are the only relevant factor to consider and if you think skeletons matter, that's transphobic
Does this mean we can stop pretending race doesn't make a difference? Since for example we know that East Africans and West Africans have different slow and fast-twitch fibres?

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