Father. Husband. Runner. Hunter. Simple Professor of Exercise Science who knows that there are differences between males and females. Opinions are my own
@FondOfBeetles
But, hey, let’s be sure that a 43 year old MtF feels included because that’s more important than the future aspirations of a promising young woman. SMH
“The state is permitted to legislate sports rules on this basis because sex, and the physical characteristics that flow from it, are substantially related to athletic performance and fairness in sports.”
@SaveWomensSport
@coachblade
#2
. Three scholarly reviews by three different groups of authors that evaluated the existing research and all three concluded that inherent male athletic advantages are not erased by several years of “Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy” in transwomen.
#3
. 16 papers demonstrating that male advantages in lean body mass are not erased by 6 months-14 years of “Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy” in transwomen. A large amount (perhaps 30-70%) of male athletic advantages can be explained by the sex-based differences in lean body mass
Tomorrow I will join
@SaveWomensSport
in N.C. (via zoom) in sharing my opinion as an Exercise Physiologist that men and women are biologically different, that these differences give men advantages in strength and speed, and the advantages are not erased by transgender hormones.
#4
. 8 papers demonstrating that 6 months – 14 years of “Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy” in transwomen does not erase the male advantages in grip strength
#5
. One paper demonstrating that isometric and isokinetic thigh muscle strength was not reduced due to 1 year of “Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy” in transwomen and the strength in TW was ~50% higher than in comparable females.
#6
. Two papers on transgender U.S. Air Force personnel, with one paper concluding that transwomen were still faster after 2 years of GAHT and the other paper concluding that TW still performed more sit ups after 3 years and more pushups after 4 years GAHT.
#8
. One case study paper showing that gender affirming hormone therapy in a NCAA D1 TW swimmer (**cough** Lia Thomas **cough**) did not reduce performance as much as would be necessary to eliminate male advantage.
I am so surprised my proposal “Transwomen competing in women’s sports: What we know and what we don’t.” Was accepted for presentation. But I am excited!
@SaveWomensSport
@FondOfBeetles
#10
. Six papers showing that (combined) sex-based differences in lean body mass are not erased by short term use of puberty blockers in adolescents, or longer-term use of puberty blockers and cross sex hormones starting in adolescents and continuing through early adulthood.
#9
. Three papers showing that (combined) sex-based differences in body height are not erased with short term use of puberty blockers in adolescents, or puberty blockers and cross sex hormones starting in adolescents and continuing through early adulthood
@Scienceofsport
and
@sharrond62
bring the truth like a 20 pound sledgehammer regarding shoddy science funded by the
@iocmedia
regarding transgender athletes.
Comparing males who weigh 50 pounds more than females is comparing 🍎 to 🍊
@hoovlet
Just, such unscientific reasoning to deny a discussion at a supposedly scientific conference.
“The session was rejected because it relied on assumptions that run contrary to the settled science in our discipline…”.
No scientist should consider science settled
@coachblade
@jordanbpeterson
@Riley_Gaines_
That this happened on a university campus in the United States in this day and age just astounds me. The lack of tolerance for viewpoint diversity and the mob behavior by a sizable segment of the student population is diametrically opposed to everything a university stands for.
@runthinkwrite
I have heard from professors, teachers, athletes, coaches, and athletic department personnel at all levels (in the US) that they are afraid to speak against trans inclusion in sports even though their opposition is based on solid biological principles. Cancel culture is real.
@icons_women
You have got to be kidding me!! How can any reasonable person think that male bodies do not have inherent athletic advantages in jiu jitsu when competing against females?
@CarilynJohnson
The argument that "transwomen aren't winning" is akin to saying "using performance enhancing drugs is only cheating if the person wins" or "using a taxi for 10 miles of a marathon is only cheating if the person wins."
@runthinkwrite
I think this is what’s known as a non sequitur “For example, if we start by acknowledging that some humans are born with ovaries and others with spermatozoa…”. Ovaries are analogous to testes, not sperm. And that’s just one of many fallacies in this tripe.
@CarilynJohnson
Women: Here is the research showing retained male advantages in body height, body mass, muscle mass, muscle strength, and VO2max.
Them: Even though those factors typically provide male athletic advantages, you can’t prove they benefit transwomen in sport X.
@iocmedia
Maybe the IOC should acknowledge that there are, indeed, differences between males and females that influence athletic performance, and that transwomen are male and should not be allowed in the female sporting category (which are the girls' and women's categories).
@ReduxxMag
@ThePublicaNow
Obviously he owes his success to dedicated training, nutrition, coaching, male biology, and competing in the female category.
@FondOfBeetles
In other words, even if there is some loss of strength due to male-to-female transition, the male advantage is still much larger than the typical variation within championship winning women; right?
@icons_women
@usacycling
I don’t understand how they can claim to be following the latest science and then use 24 months of T below 2.5 nmol/l as the threshold. No science shows that males become females at any T level.
Starting on National Girls & Women in Sports Day, 1 tweet per day highlighting a research article showing that transwomen have retained athletic advantages over women (articles in no particular order).
@icons_women
#SaveWomensSports
@icons_women
@NHIAA_LOA
This entitled male displaced 1 girl from a varsity spot on her high school team.
He displaced 1 girl from a gold medal, with downstream effects on silver and bronze, so 3 girls did not get the medal they should have.
How many other females lost out on a competitive opportunity?
@FondOfBeetles
@SaveWomensSport
@coachblade
Another important statement from the decision “There is no serious debate that Title IX’s endorsement of sex separation in sports refers to biological sex.”
As always,
@DerryBanShee
speaks clearly, plainly, and without malice as she explains that males (regardless of how they identify) do not belong in female sports.
Girls and women deserve a fair playing field devoid of all male bodies.
Excellent interview by
@DerryBanShee
@fairplaywomen
on why it is unfair and in some sports unsafe, for males to compete in the female category.
From grass roots to elite, from
@parkrunUK
to Olympics, females want and deserve fair sport and results
@garylfrancione
@vaneijckorg
I also think an over representation of liberalism among academics, with an ever growing proportion of leftist liberals rather than classical liberals, has contributed to the over emphasis of “lived experience” and “my truth” over a search for THE TRUTH.
“I don’t think it’s fair at all.”
A 9th grade girl spoke to Central Oregon Daily News about boys in girls sports.
Meanwhile, Lauren Rose of
@OUTCentralOR
claims allowing boys in girls sports “makes people feel safe to be themselves.”
Exactly which people feel safe Lauren?
@JimBUWDawg
@coachblade
In my Exercise Physiology class we study the physiological differences between men and women and how the differences affect sports performance. After doing so, not a single student has supported transwomen in women’s sports.
Starting on National Girls & Women in Sports Day, 1 tweet per day highlighting a research article showing that transwomen retain advantages that give them an athletic advantage over women (articles in no particular order). Day 2.
@icons_women
#SaveWomensSports
@SaveWomensSport
Good quotes in this piece on FoxNews from
@TLexercise
"The big problem right now is that the [hormone] therapy itself doesn't really remove the advantage to an extent that you can claim that fairness has been achieved"
@ithompsonfdn
@mara_yamauchi
This study was flawed from its inception when Hamilton started recruiting subjects to prove that transwomen do not have an athletic advantage.
@coachblade
@CoachFausett
Thank you coaches for standing up and speaking out! I know some other coaches that also think sports should be separated based on sex, but are hesitant to do so because of cancel culture. Hopefully they will draw courage from these examples.
This review came out after this thread was initially tweeted... "...transgender women who completed masculinizing puberty prior to starting GAHT show some legacy effects of testosterone in strength and muscle mass..." Additional
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37057897/
Women deserve the chance to win in their own sports.
We're grateful the 2nd Circuit will allow our case, Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools, to continue.
2) 23 primary research articles and 3 scholarly reviews showing that GAHT in transwomen (puberty blockers, antiandrogens, testosterone suppression, cross sex hormones, or combinations), do not eliminate male advantages in body height, lean body mass, muscle strength, or VO2max.
Starting on National Girls & Women in Sports Day, 1 tweet per day highlighting a research article showing that transwomen retain advantages that give them an athletic advantage over women (articles in no particular order). Day 9.
#SaveWomensSports
@icons_women
,
@ICFSport
@KimJonesICONS
@joegarofoli
I count 31 different papers, 27 original research articles and 4 scientific review papers, all demonstrating that being transgender, with or without the use of puberty blockers, does not erase male advantages in factors that influence athletic performance
A typical 14 year old boy (50th %ile) has a higher VO2max than the 75th %ile for all high school girls. His standing broad jump, vertical jump, and ball throwing distance are all higher than the 90th %ile for all high school girls. Gender identity does not erase these differences
The science is clear and irrefutable: if females are forced to compete with and against males, they will lose valuable opportunities. IT’S NOT FAIR, and it defeats the purpose of Title IX.
Read their stories. Share yours.
#SaveWomensSports
#TitleIX
This is a well written and comprehensive review summarizing the science; the overall conclusion is that men have inherent athletic advantages over women and those advantages are not erased by MtF transgender hormones. Hopefully the NCAA, IOC, and others will follow the science.
I am delighted to announce that Hilton and Lundberg, 2020 is now published!
@TLexercise
‘Transgender Women in the Female Category of Sport: Perspectives on Testosterone Suppression and Performance Advantage’
@SwipeWright
And since when does an athlete’s happiness become a determining factor for eligibility? I know many student athletes who would be happier playing sports, but can’t because of insufficient grades. Should the varsity spot go to the athlete who earns it, or who will be happier?
@icons_women
This is from the doctoral dissertation by
@coachGabeHigerd
, which includes an evaluation of high jump performance in about 50,000 high school athletes. The data show that the average boy’s high jump is 1.65m, which is higher than ~90% of girls.
@SexMattersOrg
@HJoyceGender
@spectator
I wish I could express my thoughts as clearly and eloquently as
@HJoyceGender
. But I certainly agree with her.
When we were asked to use preferred pronouns it seemed like a reasonable request, but then it became a demand and a command with punishment for noncompliance.
Track athlete Selina Soule is a high school champion. But when biological males began competing against her, as permitted by a CT policy, she couldn't beat them, no matter how hard she trained. Now she fights to
#savewomenssports
. Read more from
@FoxNews
@icons_women
@coachGabeHigerd
This boy in NH has a reported max jump of 1.53 m, which is a very competitive height for girls, but is below average for boys high jump. Showing once again that mediocre male athletes can displace females from their own sports.
Like
@Scienceofsport
says in the thread below. Elite female athletes can beat males who are not elite. But this doesn’t mean it’s a competition of equally aged, trained, and talented athletes.
As tweeted last week, this can & often does happen. Exceptional women do outperform ‘relatively’ mediocre males. Some use these mismatches to support “inclusion, no advantage” for trans identified males in women’s sport. Most would call them daft. The IOC are among the former
@KDansky
@WDI_USA
Joining Tennessee in the lawsuit are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia.
@America1stLegal
@sharrond62
This is dynamite! “The judge also added that by extending sex protections to individuals who identified with a sex other than their biological sex, the purpose of Title IX was compromised.”
@icons_women
@ICFSport
Quick summary of three presentations at the 2023 American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting that are relevant to
#SaveWomensSports
My presentation, showing that 7-8 and 9-10 year old boys run faster, jump higher and farther than comparable girls
@SwipeWright
I read her essay and was simply amazed at how these health care professionals were ready to provide expensive, invasive, and irreversible surgeries on the basis of self diagnosis. It’s truly sickening.
@cathydevine56
And it needs to be all the way down the children. If sports at any level of competition are sex segregated, the girls’ and women’s category needs to be for females only.
@aaronsibarium
What a sad commentary on current society when students at a premier law school think the best way to oppose ideas they dislike is to shout them down rather than try to counter them with rational debate.
It’s a great privilege to be coauthor with the distinguished
@MaryOConnorMD
Extraordinary claims, such as male TW can fairly compete with females, require extraordinary evidence. The research funded by the IOC does not meet the need
Thank you
@SwipeWright
and
@RealLastStand