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[–]Tarlatan 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Scads of people have been silenced on social media for presenting the facts Jenner's presenting, so I'm glad to see this. Very interested to see if Jenner will stand firm on this or get "educated." (Your serve, Martina.)

[–]slushpilot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

(Your serve, Martina.)

Yup...

Not sure what I gather from that, I do wish she'd elaborate.

[–]NeedMoreCoffee 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

what more needs to be said? the sign says it all tbh

[–]slushpilot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It does. She is an important voice though, and I wish she'd stop tiptoeing around the issue.

[–]NeedMoreCoffee 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

But she's not?

I don't understand what you want from her?

[–]slushpilot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

To be more direct and say what she means in her own words, instead of just a retweet with "yup". I expect her to say something like "I support the Arkansas bill to protect women's sports, even though these are my sworn political enemies".

However, I don't actually know what her stance is or what her principles are. She seems to tweet a lot of opinions about things, except this. Hence why I called it tiptoeing. Maybe I'm wrong and I've missed something though.

[–]NeedMoreCoffee 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

[–]slushpilot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh, you're right. Thank you. She seems to be smart enough to know not to debate this on Twitter.

Her position seems somewhat nuanced with regards to elite sport vs. everything else and she's actively trying to engage the opposing viewpoints. Her take is constructive to get people to start thinking back towards a sane middle ground. I personally think the same rules should apply to everyone including children at least at the point when sexes start to differ significantly—in any sanctioned sports after about age 10-12 or so. How else does someone become an elite athlete, it can't be some magical line where the rules suddenly change. Why indulge boys with false hopes and overinflate their egos, and simultaneously discourage girls who would otherwise be top of their category.