Re:What Happens When a Group of 12-Year-Olds Left with No Su...
by awkward on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:21PM
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He quotes a book that states body aesthetic preference might limit performance at the peaks of women's sports. That's nothing Maria Sharapova hasn't said in a particularly sore interview.
Re:What Happens When a Group of 12-Year-Olds Left with No Su...
by caradine on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:35PM
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Wait, who is saying “male/female differences in physical strength are entirely due to social factors”?
Re:What Happens When a Group of 12-Year-Olds Left with No Su...
by Izkata on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:40PM
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I'll give you one further - a college professor/trans activist insisting biological sex doesn't exist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10fDRERJh4w
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by tbvix on Friday December 23, 2022 @07:53AM
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How bizarre. It even undermines the argument for transition - if there's no such thing as sex, what are they transitioning from and to?
Re:What Happens When a Group of 12-Year-Olds Left with No Su...
by boomboomsubban on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:14PM
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>humans are sexually dimorphic but the story doesn’t end there. Bodies are also socially constructed.
This seems to be saying that while there are gender differences, social factors also play a role.
The author has some odd views about gender. For example, he gives credence to the idea that male/female differences in physical strength are entirely due to social factors: https://kottke.org/18/02/the-winter-olympics-male-female-phy...