• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    2 months 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?

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      2 months 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.