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Women Are Strong (quokk.au)

submitted 3 days ago by CobraCommander@quokk.au to c/mop@quokk.au

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[–] Quokka@quokk.au 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

It is the argument in OPs image, and it is conveniently left out of the comment. Instead framing this as male sex is stronger than female sex, hence male sex must be kept out to ensure fairness. It reeks of transphobic dog whistles.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The argument in OPs image is confused and badly presented. The parts relating to physical strength have been factually refuted.

We're fucked if we let the right own the facts. Yes it's often used as ragebait or a transphobic dogwhistle, but please, take a moment to consider why it's working.

[–] Quokka@quokk.au 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The parts relating to trans womens physical strength show them to be on par with cis womens physical strength after a few years of hormone therapy. We're fucked if we let the right dictate factoids.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 2 points 2 days ago

There we go. Now we're getting somewhere.

[–] turdas@suppo.fi 5 points 2 days ago

Title of the thread: "Women Are Strong"

Literal first sentence of the tweet: "...is to spread the idea that women are "weaker" than men"

Also the tweet: "The most successful thing the conservatives have ever done is get feminists to agree that women are weaker than men, using transgender hate as a Trojan horse"

Somewhat ironically I think it's in fact this tweet that's using the transgender athlete debate as a trojan horse, in a way trying to reframe it to be about women's rights rather than (or in addition to) trans rights. I'm guessing it's an attempt to get TERFs to change their minds.