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by dpd_dpd 6mo ago
All three medallists in the women's 800m at the 2016 Rio Olympics were male. This was highly controversial, as having three male athletes take gold, silver and bronze in what should have been a celebration of female athletic excellence
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by dpd_dpd 6mo ago
What misinformation?
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by dpd_dpd 6mo ago
It is, yes. It is also a substantive critique pointing out methodological issues in that meta-analysis.
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by dpd_dpd 6mo ago
If I had chosen to refer to Semenya using pronouns that imply he is female, that would have conflicted with the points I was making.
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by dpd_dpd 6mo ago
If you look at accounts from Semenya's early life there is evidence against his account of growing up as a girl. For example, there have been school photos published showing him wearing a boy's uniform near to a group of girls who
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by dpd_dpd 6mo ago
Here's an in-depth critique of the claims made in that paper: https://www.voidifremoved.co.uk/p/beef-trifle
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by dpd_dpd 6mo ago
Agreed, and I think people adopt this reductive view because it can be quite difficult to reason about objectively. In terms of a framework to channel one's thinking on this, I found this paper useful in understanding the rationale beh
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by dpd_dpd 6mo ago
If Semenya had been categorized according to his sex, he wouldn't be considered amongst the very best athletes. He is basically a middling standard 800m male runner who has been able to make a career on the back of what is essentially
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by dpd_dpd 6mo ago
No, the solution is to exclude male advantage from the female competition via evidence-based analysis, as the IOC's new policy does.