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Allowing Biological Males in Women's Sports is Scientifically Unsound | Opinion
Newsweak ^ | Oct 6, 2022 | David Gortler

Posted on 10/06/2022 2:40:26 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

Having colleges or even the Olympics permit biological men to compete in women's sports is one thing; pretending that it is fair, is something else.

There is no argument that a person's sex is determined at the moment of conception, and that fertilization of an egg occurs with either an "X" or "Y" sperm cell, which will only determine one of two sexes. Following conception, the development pathways of males and females diverge immediately and substantially, right down to a cellular DNA level. These bifurcating pathways endure throughout an individual's lifetime.

Every single nucleated cell in the human body has 46 sex-specific "XY" chromosomes (denoting biological male sex) or "XX" chromosomes (denoting biological female sex). These nucleated cells in turn have sex-specific functions which guide their development and biological function.

Indeed, sex is not just "skin deep." It persists down to a microscopic, cellular level, and biological sex is indicated within the 100 trillion (or so) cells in the human body.

Bottom line: the indelible imprint of biological sex—determined in utero and at the moment of conception—is not scientifically or clinically possible to alter.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cheaters; men; sports; trangender; womensports
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Stating the obvious here, just surprised that Newsweek printed it.
1 posted on 10/06/2022 2:40:26 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Hats off to Newsweek for that. When do the insane organ slicers demand a retraction?


2 posted on 10/06/2022 2:44:37 PM PDT by I want the USA back (The media is the enemy. They are the most subversive institution on the planet. )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Well, remember, Newsweek got sold for $1 a while back, and if I remember correctly, I think the new owner is not the typical leftist type, but someone who actually wants to turn the business around and make money.


3 posted on 10/06/2022 2:45:11 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

How’s this for an idea? No more taxpayer supported sex segregated sports. No women’s teams or mens teams just one team thats entirely by merit. This includes state supported schools. Man or woman you either hack it or you don’t. If you want sex segregated teams you can still have them but on your own dime. Give the libs what the equality they’ve been asking for, eliminates the whining about women’s teams getting short shrift, and solves the trans problem at the same time.


4 posted on 10/06/2022 2:46:08 PM PDT by jarwulf ( )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Yes. You can't turn a fox into a rabbit, or an African into a European, an ant into a grasshopper. Genetics permeates every cell in the body down to the microscopic level. The sex imprinted on you at conception is the sex you bear for life.

5 posted on 10/06/2022 2:47:48 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“Every single nucleated cell in the human body has 46 sex-specific “XY” chromosomes (denoting biological male sex) or “XX” chromosomes (denoting biological female sex).”

Hmm.


6 posted on 10/06/2022 2:54:10 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: I want the USA back

This issue is all caused by suckass politicians for the vote.


7 posted on 10/06/2022 2:57:58 PM PDT by chopperk
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Stop the misogyny!!!!


8 posted on 10/06/2022 3:02:19 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I’m really shocked in this entire fiasco that women aren’t more outraged about being sidelined, and that gay people don’t find the transgender movement to be invasive. There’s nothing gay about transgenderism. In fact, it’s completely opposite of gay. Until women and gays wake up, this circus will not stop…


9 posted on 10/06/2022 3:06:46 PM PDT by Magnatron
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I’d like someone at a publication like Newsweek to do a legal analysis that demonstrates how segregated sports competitions for men and women are even allowed under civil rights law when the line between the two sexes in just about every other walk of life has been erased.


10 posted on 10/06/2022 3:10:29 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

?I thought women were equal to men?...


11 posted on 10/06/2022 3:11:03 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: jarwulf
See Post #10. You beat me to it. LOL.

If women want to be treated equally in the workplace, then they can start by competing against men in athletics.

You're seeing the fallacy of modern feminism exposed as a total fraud.

12 posted on 10/06/2022 3:12:22 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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Yes, he bungled it here. Pharmacology guy not a geneticist. There is one pair of chromosomes which are either xx or xy. The rest are all about different stuff. There are not “46 sex-specific chromosomes.” This kind of mistake discredits real scientists trying to get the truth out.


13 posted on 10/06/2022 3:13:14 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: JSM_Liberty
Hmm.

My reaction as well. I don't think they quite knew what they were trying to say.

14 posted on 10/06/2022 3:13:35 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Not “scientifically” unsound (what’s that even mean?) but statistically unsound definitely, ethically unsound certainly.


15 posted on 10/06/2022 3:14:16 PM PDT by Skywise
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I’m really shocked in this entire fiasco that women aren’t more outraged about being sidelined ...

I may have to run for cover here after posting this, but I suspect most women don't put up much resistance to this because they know women's sports are awful.

As comedian Bill Burr pointed out in an epic rant on stage, most women's sports leagues are financial disasters because women don't even watch them.

16 posted on 10/06/2022 3:14:46 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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Allowing biological females in men's sports is scientifically unsound as well.

Females created this mess, so I really don't give a rats ass.

How's the shit sandwich taste?

17 posted on 10/06/2022 3:56:35 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

The average male can break the average female in half. The average very fit male can break the average very fit female in half. To suggest otherwise is to deny science, mock biology, and create real danger to women and girls.


18 posted on 10/06/2022 3:58:32 PM PDT by jimfree (My 19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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>> is not scientifically or clinically possible to alter.

the predators don’t care — they’ll seek to mutilate children regardless.

no quarter for predators


19 posted on 10/06/2022 3:59:15 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
"Biological Males"

The correct (non-PC, non-Woke, non-illiterate) term, in the King's, is "Men."

20 posted on 10/06/2022 4:06:39 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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