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myrmepropagandistonMastodon1d ago
The vast majority of people who will be impacted by trans bans in sports will be little girls with short hair or arms that are "too muscular."
It will also mean that when a woman is good at her sport the disgusting grumbling and whispering about "may she is he" gets taken more seriously.
This happened with Paula Radcliffe for running marathons too fast. If it helps you to think of a white cis woman being the victim of this.
Of course little black girls will take the brunt of this. As ever.
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Analysis Summary
This post correctly identifies a real problem: trans sports bans create perverse incentive for increased gender scrutiny of all girls, especially those who don't fit narrow appearance norms. The Paula Radcliffe example is spot-on — she faced baseless doping accusations rooted in her athletic success and was later cleared. The claim about disproportionate impact on Black girls reflects documented historical patterns of gender policing in sports but remains predictive rather than evidenced for these specific recent bans.
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“The vast majority of people who will be impacted by trans bans in sports will be little girls with short hair or arms that are 'too muscular.'”
Research shows that anti-trans sports bans impact cisgender girls through increased gender policing, and evidence supports the concern about harm to non-transgender girls.
“when a woman is good at her sport the disgusting grumbling and whispering about 'may she is he' gets taken more seriously”
Paula Radcliffe was publicly accused of doping based on misinterpretation of data, with accusations cleared by IAAF as lacking scientific basis. This happened to her, and similar gender questioning occurred with female boxers at Paris 2024.
“little black girls will take the brunt of this”
This is a forward-looking prediction about disparate impact. While research documents historical patterns of gender policing disproportionately affecting Black female athletes, no specific data quantifies future impact of current bans on Black girls specifically.
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