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@CricketAus Kevin Roberts, CEO of Cricket Australia said:
‘It doesn’t make any sense that today, people are discriminated against, harassed or excluded, because of who they are.’
Of course we exclude people in sports. 1/
‘It doesn’t make any sense that today, people are discriminated against, harassed or excluded, because of who they are.’
Of course we exclude people in sports. 1/
@CricketAus If we didn’t, those whose abilities, because of their biology, are different or compromised in some way would never win. Sex, disability, age. We exclude people from competition all the time. 2/
@CricketAus It does not make sense to segregate any sport on gender identity. There is simply no rationale for it. Cricketers do not bowl or bat using the abilities conferred by their gender identity. Athletic potential is predicated on sex. 3/
@CricketAus Record bowling speeds are 161kph (male) and 125kph (female). The 20+% gap arises not from gender id but from the musculoskeletal architecture possessed by males - more muscle, different muscle composition, and longer limbs. This means they can throw and run faster, hit harder. 4/
@CricketAus These advantages are not removed during hormone treatment. You can find my review of the literature here.
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@CricketAus Female sports are a protected category, established to allow females to fairly compete against those with the same female potential and ability. They exclude males. 7/
@CricketAus If you wish to include in a protected category a person who does not meet the basic criteria for entry, this must be justified. Otherwise you destroy the integrity of the category.
This is what you have done. 8/
This is what you have done. 8/
@CricketAus ‘Inclusion’ is the outcome, not a justification. Do we allow an able-bodied athlete who feels deeply that they want to compete in sports established for disabled people to do so, to be ‘inclusive’? Or a 30 year old male who still feels 15 in his head to compete as a schoolboy? 9/
@CricketAus I’d hope your answers are resounding ‘no’s. But female sports are fair game. What absolute contempt for female athletes.
Female cricket in Australia is now mixed sex. And females will lose out. Bravo.
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Female cricket in Australia is now mixed sex. And females will lose out. Bravo.
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@CricketAus A FFS footnote:
"Born a male, she began taking female hormones two months before she started playing cricket again in September 2016."
So Erica James has cheated, according to your rules, no?
abc.net.au/news/2019-08-0…
"Born a male, she began taking female hormones two months before she started playing cricket again in September 2016."
So Erica James has cheated, according to your rules, no?
abc.net.au/news/2019-08-0…
@CricketAus A second footnote.
English cricket follows the same rules as Australian cricket. That is, social inclusion at sub-elite level, and medical inclusion at elite level.
English cricket follows the same rules as Australian cricket. That is, social inclusion at sub-elite level, and medical inclusion at elite level.
