The irony here is that “simple reality” shows that in most sports, trans women don’t have advantage, and sometimes, have disadvantage in comparison to cis women. But that reality doesn’t align with peoples intuitive expectations of how it works, and thus, it’s incredibly easy to mislead people in to anti trans positions by using sports as a wedge tactic, which is exactly why it’s happening, and exactly why it’s working.
I could show you the studies backing up my claim, but experience tells me that you won’t be open to them. Facts alone don’t generally work convincing people to change their positions, because rarely have they arrived at those positions through facts alone. And given that you are vehemently arguing with people about a topic that doesn’t directly impact you and that you didn’t care about until politicians and talking heads started to use it to stir up fear and hate, chances are, facts have little to do with how you arrived at your position. Hell, you’re even waiving the need to look at the facts, by declaring that your position is reality, completely closing down the possibility you might be wrong.
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The irony here is that “simple reality” shows that in most sports, trans women don’t have advantage, and sometimes, have disadvantage in comparison to cis women. But that reality doesn’t align with peoples intuitive expectations of how it works, and thus, it’s incredibly easy to mislead people in to anti trans positions by using sports as a wedge tactic, which is exactly why it’s happening, and exactly why it’s working.
I could show you the studies backing up my claim, but experience tells me that you won’t be open to them. Facts alone don’t generally work convincing people to change their positions, because rarely have they arrived at those positions through facts alone. And given that you are vehemently arguing with people about a topic that doesn’t directly impact you and that you didn’t care about until politicians and talking heads started to use it to stir up fear and hate, chances are, facts have little to do with how you arrived at your position. Hell, you’re even waiving the need to look at the facts, by declaring that your position is reality, completely closing down the possibility you might be wrong.