Khelif of Algeria and Lin of Taiwan have been the focus of intense attention — and often inaccurate commentary — because both were disqualified at the 2023 world championships

IOC President Thomas Bach said the “hate speech” directed at boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting at the Paris Olympics is “totally unacceptable.”

“We will not take part in a politically motivated … cultural war,” Bach said at a news briefing Saturday at the midway point of the Paris Games, where he wanted to draw a line under days of global scrutiny about the female boxers’ gender.

  • Samvega
    34·
    5 months ago

    Are you saying there is evidence that these two cis-gendered women are not women?

      • Samvega
        22·
        5 months ago

        “It doesn’t matter whether we see the evidence or not. There’s someone who I don’t find attractive that is physically quite capable… SO IT MUST BE A MAN!!!”

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          24·
          5 months ago

          “I know a man when I see one” has gotten so many cis women harassed because of transphobic bigots. Women with things like mustaches they don’t really feel like shaving every day.

          My wife works with a woman like that. I haven’t talked to her about it because it’s none of my business, but I thought she was trans myself at first. I said to my wife that she must get harassed a lot as a trans woman with a flat chest and a mustache and my wife told me she wasn’t trans but gets harassed a lot anyway.

          I try to be open-minded and accepting, but I made an assumption a cis woman was trans on sight anyway based on biases about what a woman “should” look like that I’ve been shown my whole life. I’m sure they’re no more expert than I am.

      • Samvega
        16·
        5 months ago

        All women have testosterone levels, as their ovaries produce androgens. If you wish to police this, I would say that you need to set limits on testosterone across both males and females, as there are disparities in testosterone production in both groups.

        Your writing style is terrible. Have you received enough education to talk about biological issues? To me, your use of ‘tard’ is projection.

        Thanks for calling me ‘Gen Z’. As someone born in 1982, I must look young.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          6·
          5 months ago

          Their use of that word got their post deleted for ableism. I wish people didn’t think it was appropriate as an insult. I have seen so many disabled people bullied with that word and the longer version.

          • Samvega
            4·
            5 months ago

            Yes, the point of creating an outgroup is to bully them.

        • ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.ee
          1·
          5 months ago

          and these women just have too high testosterone levels. sorry english isnt my first language. and genY then…thos with zero empathy and childish reflexes.