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Aug 25 15 tweets 7 min read
@PopSci I've read your article. Here are my thoughts.

First, this is your key. Image
@PopSci Gonochorists like humans. Image
@PopSci Protandrous sequential hermaphrodites like clownfish. Image
@PopSci Protogynous sequential hermaphrodites like wrasse. Image
@PopSci Simultaneous hermaphrodites with ovotestis like snails. Image
@PopSci Simultaneous hermaphrodites with separate gonads like worms. Image
@PopSci Occasional gynandromorphy like butterflies. Image
@PopSci Plants with male and female flowers on the same plant like corn. Image
@PopSci Plants with male and female flowers on separate plants like asparagus. Image
@PopSci Plants with perfect flowers (male and female in same flower) like lilies. Image
@PopSci Plants with male and female flowers on the same plant that have developed mechanisms to avoid self-pollination like avocados. Image
@PopSci Plants with a diverse array of sex allocation like you tomato species. Image
@PopSci Nothing you've claimed in your "article" can get away from the fact that there are only two symbols on this thread. Because there are two sexes.
@PopSci And of course, one of the diagrams had to be wrong. The male/female symbols should be switched here, to indicate female>male.

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Aug 19
The “redefinition” of sex from a biological function around which some aspects of our bodies have evolved to a Mr Potato Head collection of body parts is the foundation on which their house of cards is built.
It is not unusual to read articles purportedly about sex that completely fail to mention reproductive function or why we have sexed bodies in the first place.

Imagine writing an article about the eye and not mentioning sight. That would be stupid, right?
In the case of an article about eyes, failing to mention sight would be considered a careless error (and oversight, ahem).

In the case of sex, it is deliberate. It is necessary.
Read 9 tweets
Aug 15
About time. Of all the sports, you should have been leading the way….

You got there, thank you.
Read 4 tweets
Aug 12
“Rugby is for all shapes and sizes, so we must let males play in the female category.”

I had a brief look at the IRFU squads, specifically their heights and weights. By position.
(There was some data missing for a couple of females. Bear that in mind)

Most of the men are taller and heavier than most of the women. The tallest female IRFU international is 185cm. The heaviest (not the same woman) is 90kg.
If we isolate the area of overlap, we find, unsurprisingly, that the males in that overlap are scrum halfs, full backs etc. The forwards are rather far off the scale compared to the women 😂
Read 13 tweets
Aug 10
A lot of people in the quotes and tweets arguing that differential treatment of transwomen and transmen is ultra-discriminatory and sexist.

The situations are not symmetrical, people.
A transwomen will carry male advantage into a protected category. A transman does no such thing.
We tend to let people “punch up” categories (providing it’s safe), and the argument could well be that *any female* should be allowed to “punch up” into male.
Read 6 tweets
Aug 5
Great stuff from the Consortium on Female Sport here. @female_sport

sportsconsortium.org/post/statement…
Interesting angle: “Given that most of the athletes born female who identify as “men” or “non-binary” voluntarily remain in the women’s category, your new World Triathlon policy will also be putting them at a disadvantage.”
“In other words, male-born trans athletes will lead to exclusion from podium places and rankings of trans athletes who were born female.”
Read 4 tweets
Aug 4
It’s just lie after lie. I’ll tag here in case Sasha magically unblocks me. @sashbambam

Previous RFU policy was 5nM T levels for 12 months and sworn declaration of gender ID.
Previous policy and link here:

englandrugby.com/dxdam/26/26de3…
Mind, Sasha makes a cracking argument for why strength losses in the first year might not be down to muscle changes but simply down to being sick.
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