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Re:Florida athletes may soon be required to submit menstrual... by m348e912 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @08:05PM (#34635768)
This legislation seems so absurd, I can't see how it will pass. I can't think of any reason why a school would need to know this history of a student's menstrual cycle for the purpose of participating in sports. Anyone happen to know how the legislation is being justified?
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Re:Florida athletes may soon be required to submit menstrual... by version_five on Thursday February 02, 2023 @08:10PM (#34635814)
Two camps in a race to decide who can behave the stupidest
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Re:Florida athletes may soon be required to submit menstrual... by 34611 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:13PM (#34636317)
> Anyone happen to know how the legislation is being justified?

Two reasonable justifications are checking for steroids/PEDs and making sure no males participate in female sports. Just a guess though.

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Re:Florida athletes may soon be required to submit menstrual... by oneoff786 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:37PM (#34636467)
Better to demand deeply personal information on all women rather than let a trans woman secretly compete in high school athletics with an unfair advantage right?

God forbid we let someone play a sport with their peers.

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Re:Florida athletes may soon be required to submit menstrual... by gedy on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:56PM (#34636580)
They want biological women, not those who just identify as women.
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Re:Florida athletes may soon be required to submit menstrual... by rhaway84773 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @11:35PM (#34637191)
The reason the school needs to know the history of a student’s menstrual cycle is because it improves DeSantis’s standing vs Trump in a Republican Presidential primary.
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