What is it to be “legally and medically female”?
Sky News did a chat with cycling champion and famed trans woman Rachel McKinnon.
RM: I’m legally and medically female, but the people who oppose my existence still want to think of me as male, they use the language of that I’m a man, and so there’s this stereotype that men are always stronger than women, and so if you think of trans women as men, then you think there’s an unfair advantage.
No. We don’t “think of trans women as men” – that’s just what they are. It’s McKinnon who does the thinking of people as what they’re not; those of us who reject the bullshit just know men when we see them. We don’t “think of” McKinnon as a man, we just know he is one, and we don’t “think of” it as fair for him to race on the women’s team in order to scoop all the top prizes. We don’t “think” there’s an unfair advantage, we just know it. (Here’s a hint: how many medals did McKinnon win before he started racing on the women’s team?)
The interviewer presses him.
Interviewer: Do you accept that there may still be an advantage?
RM: Is it possible? Yes. However, the range of body sizes and strength levels within a sport – you can be successful with massively different body compositions, even within my sport.
Then why wasn’t McKinnon successful when he raced on the men’s team? It is just pure coincidence that he’s grabbing all the medals now that he’s moved over?
[rude noise] Of course it’s not. He did it calculatedly, and he’s bullshitting everyone in sight, laughing to himself at all the fools who are buying it.
The 500m velodrome sprint is as close to a pure power event as power-lifting or the short sprints [100m, 200m] in track. Unlike most cycling events, aerodynamic efficiency and bike handling are pretty minimal determinants in who may win. MASSIVE thighs [and fast-twitch muscles] much more so.
RM has the further advantage of its being a niche sport, and unavailable to most athletes who might be interested. There are only 20 or so velodromes in the US, and at least 2 seem to be on the verge of closing.
It’s noteworthy that RM’s previous efforts to invade women’s sports were in badminton. Very niche also; I’d suspect the number of individuals seriously competing these two sports may be counted on the toes of a camel]. Unlike track cycling, I haven’t competed in badminton, but based on what I’ve seen of Asian students in the gym, height and power seem quite important.
Wait, the person who wrote that quoted paragraph is considered literate and educated? A philosopher? I could write better sentences than “the people who oppose my existence still want to think of me as male, they use the language of that I’m a man, and so there’s this stereotype that men are always stronger than women, and so if you think of trans women as men, then you think there’s an unfair advantage.” when I was seven. Without a Ph.D. With no clue what philosophy is,
Dishonest shit. Knowing him to be male is NOT opposition to his existence.
I’ve just hit myself in the head with a brick a few times, and now it all makes sense. You see, McKinnon is, and always has been, a woman, and didn’t win medals when competing with the men because of the advantage that men have over women. McKinnon never stood a chance! In fact, the women who were previously winning those medals were benefiting from discrimination against transwomen and should be stripped of their medals. Bitches.
(I’m going to lie down now)
@iknklast
I think it was speech rather than writing but yeah, it’s as incoherent as the thought behind it.