Bans exist ‘despite a lack of consistent scientific evidence of unfair advantages’
A pair of scholars from the University of Florida have a study out which claims conservatives’ efforts to ban transgender athletes, in particular transgender women, from participating in sports is rooted in biases and politics, not concerns about fairness.
Professor of Sport Management George Cunningham and Department of Sport Management PhD student Kelsey Garrison (she/her/hers pronouns) go out of their way in The Conversation to avoid fundamental science — as in (biological) men are inherently stronger and faster — and their study poo-poos it.
“Whereas proponents of such bans commonly point to fairness and safety for athletes assigned female at birth, opponents cite the lack of empirical evidence for such claims,” the “State-Level Politics and Bias Predict Transgender Athlete Bans” study reads.
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