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Assuming trans women have an advantage is mysgnostic AND unscientific according to all studies.
Plus. Leave the goddamn fish alone. Wtf people?
Assuming they have advantages in fishing of all things is extra absurd.
I didn't know trans people were so much better at eating cold cheeseburgers from the cooler and falling asleep for three hours while waiting for a bite on the line. /s
Sounds like she's more upset that bigots decided to be bigoted, and that to her, the real problem is she doesn't get to be praised by bigots anymore.
Their anecdotes don't mean shit against the voluminous scientific evidence that trans women simply do not have enough of an advantage to justify discrimination.
The only person in the article claiming that there is unfair advantage is the 66-year-old coach who is upset that players from other countries don't celebrate them anymore, and instead of chalking that up to them being bigoted jerks, she chalks it up to "we need to kick out the trans person because bigots aren't nice to us anymore." I'm just gonna go out on a fucking limb and assume her age has something to do with being a totally out of touch fucking nitwit, and why she would defend the bigots instead of telling them to pound fucking sand.
Also, let's not forget that this interview was with The Daily Mail a well known conservative shitrag that pushes conservative politics. This 66 year old fucking fossil chose this as the place to give her concerns. She chose a conservative propaganda shitrag, that's on her and speaks loudly to her shitty politics.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12552627/England-ladies-angling-team-refuse-compete-world-championships-trans-woman.html
That's where this interview was originally from. It's a fucking propaganda shitrag.
You're asking me to read the article, but nothing in the article stipulates as much, except an anecdote from the team coach, which doesn't say Becky can cast 150 meters, but says "Men can."
This is the statement from the body overseeing this sport:
https://anglingtrust.net/2023/06/13/angling-trust-clarifies-transgender-participation-policy-following-england-ladies-shore-team-resignations/
Other articles about the same thing repeatedly say: "The Angling Trust has denied claims that transgender women have a physical advantage in fishing."
So if the Angling Trust is defending her, and they aren't changing the rules unless told to by a larger sports body, who is this sports body that "proved" this, then?
There are literally zero articles that support the idea that a sports overseeing body tested it and found out. I think you're fucking misreading this shit, man. But I suppose that's what you got for taking anything printed in The Daily Fail seriously.