Excellent piece here from Jon Pike @runthinkwrite
I’ve often struggled to articulate the fallacious ‘Range Argument’. Jon makes a good job of it.
I’ve often struggled to articulate the fallacious ‘Range Argument’. Jon makes a good job of it.
https://twitter.com/runthinkwrite/status/1364098500137476099
‘According to the range argument, however, lots of male-born people, including transwomen, are in the range of females. This means they are not necessarily faster or stronger than the fastest or strongest female athletes just because they were born male.’
‘So, if transwomen are “in the range” of female athletes, then their inclusion in sport is still fair, right?
Wrong.’
Wrong.’
‘The range argument rests on a misunderstanding of women’s sport. It is not a category for people who are a bit smaller, slower and weaker than the top males.
It isn’t justified by performance or body metrics, but by the absence of a particular sort of advantage.’
It isn’t justified by performance or body metrics, but by the absence of a particular sort of advantage.’
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