One controversy coming out of the 2024 Paris Olympics concerned a fight between Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Italian boxer Angela Carini.
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The only purported evidence for the claim that Khelif is trans comes from an undisclosed test performed by an allegedly corrupt sports governing body that may have shown she has a DSD condition. The IOC has said Khelif meets its requirements for participation, with Adams, the IOC spokesman, specifically clarifying, "This is not a transgender issue."
Because Khelif is not transgender, claims attempting to make her victory against Carini an issue about transgender rights or "woke" politics are without basis.
No they won't. You assume they are legitimately trying to base their beliefs and arguments in some factuality. Once they get the idea that something is what they think it is then they will never budge from it.
In the past they used to make claims about being rational and dispassionate and using facts over feels. But none of that was ever true. Rationality is not a process to them, to them it is a trait like eye color. They believe their beliefs are rational because they are inherently rational and therefore if you argue against them, you are being irrational by default.
In their minds Khelif is transgender and there us nothing you can say that'll convince them otherwise.
They also have a tendency to create definitions for things that are otherwise not defined as such. For example they might start to label any woman that doesn't behave or look exactly as they want a woman to behave or look as transgender no matter how straight and cisgender they are.
IF YOU HAVE A VAGINA YOU'RE A WOMAN! It would be REALLY WEIRD if Republicans DIDN'T agree with that Statement anymore considering all the Legislation regarding Youth Genitalia they've been Passing!
It's just not fair for the women since birth to compete with someone who had an unfair biological advantage to begin with. We have empirical evidence to back it up.
There are genetic conditions, termed differences of sexual development, in which biological females are born with XY chromosomes but possess female anatomy
Though there is no independent confirmation that Khelif has these conditions, people born this way would legally be considered female or intersex.
You mustn't have read the article. There is zero proof of that, just a half-baked claim with no proof to back it up, from the corrupt and sanctioned International Boxing Association (IBA). Women really shouldn't have to their genitals or chromosomes inspected just to prove they are a 'real' woman, just because some arsehole thinks they don't look feminine enough.
What the heck? Why would they do something like that? Banning a person for blatantly lying about a subject they know nothing about in the first place? That's so weird!
It's weird. I'm left-wing but am being accused of being right-wing because I believe men should not compete in women's sports.
Two hundred years ago, a woman was someone's property. Now, apparently, it's just a feeling, or something that is defined by a passport rather than chromosomes. Women are losing their rights to men who are taking over every aspect of their sex and it makes me angry.