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No. You may not take our sport.

Ani O’Brien
7 min readJun 27, 2019

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“They muddy the water, to make it seem deep”

Every survey and poll tells us that public opinion does not support allowing males to participate in sporting competitions for females no matter how the males identify. Most people can see the absolute travesty of justice in allowing this game of the Emperor’s New Clothes to continue. So why are governments, sporting bodies, and regulators ignoring us all and ploughing ahead with what will surely be the dismantling of female sport? What kind of oligarchy are they that they clearly think they know better than the vast majority of the populations they are supposed to represent? No doubt they see themselves as more of a meritocracy, but they are demonstrating that they have next to no understanding of science nor any common sense so I see little justification for their patronising governance. It is time they remembered that without the masses they are showing such disdain for, they have no athletes, no bums on seats, no one to buy merchandise, no sponsors, and no one to pay their bills.

Transwoman Laurel Hubbard representing New Zealand in women’s weightlifting

There is plenty of evidence to prove that male bodies are built with the potential for more power, speed, and agility than their female counterparts. Some absolute comedians will tell us that we need “more research” and that the science “isn’t conclusive”. We need to stop buying in to that nonsense immediately. All we need is a pair of…

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Ani O’Brien
Ani O’Brien

Written by Ani O’Brien

Like good faith disagreements & principled people. Dislike disingenuousness & Foucault. Care about women’s rights & democracy. Opinions my own ⚢

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