Why oh why are we (on the pro-girl/pro-sanity side) always conceding ground on the question of pre vs. post puberty as regards mixed sex athletic competitions? As though merely stopping a boy's puberty will make for a perfectly level playing field.
I beg of you to stop---infant boys and girls have different growth charts from birth!! Boys…
Why oh why are we (on the pro-girl/pro-sanity side) always conceding ground on the question of pre vs. post puberty as regards mixed sex athletic competitions? As though merely stopping a boy's puberty will make for a perfectly level playing field.
I beg of you to stop---infant boys and girls have different growth charts from birth!! Boys are always taller and heavier, on average, even if the advantage goes into hyper-drive with puberty. And of course (as the article notes) the last thing we want to do is to encourage boys to take puberty-blocking drugs---so let's bolster arguments against puberty-blockers by noting that even that heinous practice won't eliminate the physical male sex-advantages.
Why oh why are we (on the pro-girl/pro-sanity side) always conceding ground on the question of pre vs. post puberty as regards mixed sex athletic competitions? As though merely stopping a boy's puberty will make for a perfectly level playing field.
I beg of you to stop---infant boys and girls have different growth charts from birth!! Boys are always taller and heavier, on average, even if the advantage goes into hyper-drive with puberty. And of course (as the article notes) the last thing we want to do is to encourage boys to take puberty-blocking drugs---so let's bolster arguments against puberty-blockers by noting that even that heinous practice won't eliminate the physical male sex-advantages.