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NPR Claims ‘Limited Scientific Evidence’ Men Have ‘Physical Advantage’ over Women in Sport
Posted on 3/25/23 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 3/25/23 at 3:53 pm
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National Public Radio (NPR) claimed that “there is limited scientific research” supporting the idea that biological males have a “physical advantage” over biological females in competitive sports.
The media organization made the claim after the World Athletics Council, the governing sports body regulating international competitions such as cross county as well as track field, ruled that transgender athletes would be barred from competing against biological women.
The publicly-funded media company cited a 2020 report by Human Rights Watch claiming that transgender women have no competitive edge over biological women when it comes to physical performance and insisted that the World Athletic Council’s ruling relied on flawed evidence.
“Even without strong evidence of an advantage,” NPR noted, “the council has scrutinized the performance of athletes such as South African runner Caster Semenya, the world’s fastest woman in the 800 meters.”
Semenya, a female athlete, was described by NPR as “raised female and . . . legally female, [who] was born with XY chromosomes and has a naturally high testosterone level.”
NPR pointed to the World Athletics Council’s decision as part of a growing trend of “moving away from trans inclusion” in sports citing the governing bodies for international swimming and rugby announcing similar moves in recent years.
On Thursday, World Athletics Council president Sebastian Coe announced the body’s decision to bar transgender women from female competition.
“The Council has agreed to exclude male-to-female transgender athletes, who have been through male puberty, from female world-ranking competitions from March the 31st of this year,” Coe said during a press conference in Monaco.
“We cannot, in all conscience, leave our transgender regulations as they were at five nanomoles per liter for at least one year when we were unsure about the impact of doing so across all our disciplines.”
The news was welcomed by Karen Long, an Australian runner that competes in 100, 200, and 400-meter races.
“It was a relief to hear that transgender athletes will be banned from competing in the women’s category in athletics. I believe the governing bodies received lots of pressure in the form of complaints from female and male athletes on this issue and it forced them to reconsider,” Long to National Review.
Cynthia Monteleone, a fellow runner who is competing in a World Masters Athletics competition in Poland this weekend, recounted an earlier experience when she realized that at a 2018 track meet one of the contestants was born male.
“Nobody would answer my questions. The officials were very concerned about it, the European officials, but when I brought it up to Team USA management, they just swept it under the rug and later down the line even went as far as to say that for my own safety, I should keep my mouth shut, which I didn’t,” the reigning 400-meter race champion said.
Prior to Thursday’s ban, World Athletics required transgender women to reduce the amount of testosterone in their blood below a certain threshold, which they needed to maintain continuously for a year before competing against biological women. These rules will now be paused as a working group is appointed to further investigate the matter, the BBC reported.
“The science is clear that trans women retain a significant advantage over women and to maintain the integrity of women’s sports, it’s common sense that they should not be racing against women,” added Long. “Having their own category OR run with the men in an open category would be a fairer way to include them in the competition.”
NPR is our friend.
Left is right and up is down and the world goes round and round.
National Public Radio (NPR) claimed that “there is limited scientific research” supporting the idea that biological males have a “physical advantage” over biological females in competitive sports.
The media organization made the claim after the World Athletics Council, the governing sports body regulating international competitions such as cross county as well as track field, ruled that transgender athletes would be barred from competing against biological women.
The publicly-funded media company cited a 2020 report by Human Rights Watch claiming that transgender women have no competitive edge over biological women when it comes to physical performance and insisted that the World Athletic Council’s ruling relied on flawed evidence.
“Even without strong evidence of an advantage,” NPR noted, “the council has scrutinized the performance of athletes such as South African runner Caster Semenya, the world’s fastest woman in the 800 meters.”
Semenya, a female athlete, was described by NPR as “raised female and . . . legally female, [who] was born with XY chromosomes and has a naturally high testosterone level.”
NPR pointed to the World Athletics Council’s decision as part of a growing trend of “moving away from trans inclusion” in sports citing the governing bodies for international swimming and rugby announcing similar moves in recent years.
On Thursday, World Athletics Council president Sebastian Coe announced the body’s decision to bar transgender women from female competition.
“The Council has agreed to exclude male-to-female transgender athletes, who have been through male puberty, from female world-ranking competitions from March the 31st of this year,” Coe said during a press conference in Monaco.
“We cannot, in all conscience, leave our transgender regulations as they were at five nanomoles per liter for at least one year when we were unsure about the impact of doing so across all our disciplines.”
The news was welcomed by Karen Long, an Australian runner that competes in 100, 200, and 400-meter races.
“It was a relief to hear that transgender athletes will be banned from competing in the women’s category in athletics. I believe the governing bodies received lots of pressure in the form of complaints from female and male athletes on this issue and it forced them to reconsider,” Long to National Review.
Cynthia Monteleone, a fellow runner who is competing in a World Masters Athletics competition in Poland this weekend, recounted an earlier experience when she realized that at a 2018 track meet one of the contestants was born male.
“Nobody would answer my questions. The officials were very concerned about it, the European officials, but when I brought it up to Team USA management, they just swept it under the rug and later down the line even went as far as to say that for my own safety, I should keep my mouth shut, which I didn’t,” the reigning 400-meter race champion said.
Prior to Thursday’s ban, World Athletics required transgender women to reduce the amount of testosterone in their blood below a certain threshold, which they needed to maintain continuously for a year before competing against biological women. These rules will now be paused as a working group is appointed to further investigate the matter, the BBC reported.
“The science is clear that trans women retain a significant advantage over women and to maintain the integrity of women’s sports, it’s common sense that they should not be racing against women,” added Long. “Having their own category OR run with the men in an open category would be a fairer way to include them in the competition.”
NPR is our friend.
Left is right and up is down and the world goes round and round.
This post was edited on 3/25/23 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 3/25/23 at 3:55 pm to hellsu
Defund NPR
Posted on 3/25/23 at 3:58 pm to hellsu
Ok. Let’s mix the men and women’s ufc fights, then.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 3:58 pm to hellsu
Well, let's just make one category and women will compete against men.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:05 pm to hellsu
Let’s put it to the test.
1. Let’s put a football team together of the apex female athletes from around the world.
2. Give them a full year to practice and gel as a team
3. Hold a regulation game between this all-girl football team and Thompson High School from Alabama.
Let the chips fall where they may.
1. Let’s put a football team together of the apex female athletes from around the world.
2. Give them a full year to practice and gel as a team
3. Hold a regulation game between this all-girl football team and Thompson High School from Alabama.
Let the chips fall where they may.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:05 pm to hellsu
I think I recently read that NPR is laying off hundreds of employees. Insert Seinfeld “thatsashame.gif”
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:07 pm to hellsu
Do we really need randomized controlled trials to believe our own eyes?
frick this Trans earth.
frick this Trans earth.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:09 pm to hellsu
Who had Lia Thomas ranked as the #1 swimmer? Just curious.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:11 pm to hellsu
Why the hell are our tax dollars funding NPR?
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:12 pm to hellsu
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NPR Claims
Stopped reading there.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:14 pm to hellsu
Men's 100m world record time is 9.58 seconds from Bolt. Women's 100m world record is 10.49 seconds from Flo-Jo.
Men are physically superior.
Men are physically superior.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:18 pm to hellsu
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National Public Radio (NPR) claimed that “there is limited scientific research” supporting the idea that biological males have a “physical advantage” over biological females in competitive sports.
Guess physical advantage doesn't include lifting heavy objects or even opening jars.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:19 pm to hellsu
Didn't the 203rd ranked male tennis player beat the Williams sisters in back to back? And I think Serena has been on the record as saying that she would be crushed in the men's game because of their speed and how hard they hit.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:19 pm to hellsu
didn’t we just have a OT poster try to convince me that NPR wasn’t left leaning at all?
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:21 pm to hellsu
Well, then allow me to provide my own personal "limited scientific evidence".
I was a decent high school sprinter. Made it to the state finals. Pretty good for high school. But that's all. No more.
Comparatively, my times in the sprint races were at, or better, than the world record, for women.
So, essentially an average state level sprinter would be winning Olympic gold medals running in a women's race.
I was a decent high school sprinter. Made it to the state finals. Pretty good for high school. But that's all. No more.
Comparatively, my times in the sprint races were at, or better, than the world record, for women.
So, essentially an average state level sprinter would be winning Olympic gold medals running in a women's race.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:22 pm to hellsu
How do they explain the difference in world records held by men vs women? Be it weightlifting, running, sprinting, swimming, etc…?
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:23 pm to hellsu
The only thing this says to me is the “researchers” have never played sports nor interacted with those that play sports
Join a co-ed soccer league and tell me about how there are no physiological advantages for men
Join a co-ed soccer league and tell me about how there are no physiological advantages for men
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:25 pm to hellsu
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“Even without strong evidence of an advantage,” NPR noted, “the council has scrutinized the performance
I'm guessing this is a manipulation tactic- there isn't strong evidence because nobody has bothered to do any studies. Because it's literally so obvious it isn't worth "studying". NPR is such a hack organization.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 4:25 pm to hellsu
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Honestly, I’d want to see the actual npr content.
My suspicion is they made the still dubious claim that trans folks with noteworthy time and activity towards transition are hazier in data and not just men and women have no difference. Only the very fringiest activists with absolutely the ties to or grounding in sport begin to claim full equality on the field.
Even if accurate that it’s specifically geared towards transitioned individuals, it’s a highly questionable claim to say they are equal but based on very little history or research in the topic, it’s a little more reasonable to say there’s limited evidence.
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