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JohnD said:
It might have the duty to decide who can compete in certain events
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That was the context in which I made my comment. That is the context of the discussion. If you wish to widen it to include a discussion about what defines a woman in wider society, feel free to do so, and I'll participate if I want to.
 
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JohnD said:
So now, tell me.

Do you believe that there is such a thing as a "woman?"

Do you think you know what it is?
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Sorry, I'm not interested in getting into a wider debate about what wider society defines as a woman because it has too many aspects: emotive, medical, societal, historical, religious, scientific, cultural, etc.
Then there's a further debate about how much weight is attributed to the various aspects. So there's no way that a consensus will be arrived at. if you wish to start a debate about that, then do so. I'll leave it to you to start with your definition of what defines a woman. Maybe I'll chip in, maybe I won't.
 
JohnD said:
Yes it is.

Perhaps you are thinking of sexual orientation, or of "gender," which are not the same thing.
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I've presented various scientific reports about sex, and how it is not binary. If you disagree, then that's your opinion, but I do notice that you've not presented one iota of evidence to support your argument.
 
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JohnD said:
that is the key to the issue.

calling it "in wider society" is an evasion.
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Not for me. The discussion was about an athlete who had been accepted as a female athlete.
I was never intending to get into a wider debate about the definition of female in wider society. As I said, it has too many, usually competing, aspects to ever arrive at an acceptable consensus.
 
JohnD said:
But that is not what you said.

You incorrectly said that a sports committee can decide if a person is a woman.
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Good god!, In the context of the sporting competition, that is correct.
The discussion is about an olympic athlete who has been medically assessed to be a female in the context of the sport.
It isn't about women in general. :rolleyes:
 
Bobby Dazzler said:
The discussion was about an athlete who had been accepted as a female athlete
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The athlete in question is not a female.

The only point at issue is if they are entitled to compete in womens events, and if it is fair.
 
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There's a lesson to be learned here . . . Wimmin cannot possibly hope to compete with men in most sports.

Or even lots of other things as well.

Who is it that insists we all accept that we are equal?

We aren't equal. we never have been & never will be.

Is it not time we celebrated our differences ?
 
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