Why WA voters rebuffed Dems on I-638, even in blue wave election
www.seattletimes.com
As a blue wave washed across the U.S., Washington voters passed an initiative that the state’s Democratic Party opposed. There are multiple ways to understand why.

Opponents say [Washington state] voters were persuaded at least partly because the initiative and its boosters exploited deep-seated prejudices and misunderstandings about transgender people to erode their rights.

  • Heide@lemmy.world
    55·
    21 hours ago

    The magnitude of sex differences increases as individuals mature (65). Adolescent and adult males and females show average differences in aerobic capacity, body composition, and strength (61). These are interrelated but will be addressed individually. As children grow and move through puberty, both sexes have increases in body size, although to a greater extent among males, leading to greater male average mass and height (62, 71).

    During puberty, differences in body composition become apparent, with males having lower average body fat, and higher average muscle mass compared to age matched females (64, 72, 73). This difference in body composition leads to increasing strength and aerobic capacity to a greater extent among males than females (64, 74). Due to a greater proportion of lean mass to total body mass, males on average are able to produce greater force for their body size (75–77).

    This can lead to advantages in sports where strength and power are valued (56, 78).

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
      23·
      16 hours ago

      And that’s why trans women, as biological females, belong in women’s sports. Only a raging dumbass thinks trans women are biologically male.

    • vagrancyand@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      37·
      22 hours ago

      I do know that reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit, otherwise you wouldn’t hold the views that you do, but do keep reading, and then read the sentence you quoted, and then keep reading, and follow that loop for a while.

      I believe in you, champ.

      • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
        61·
        21 hours ago

        I hate the way you engage with people here. I think you are just looking for an argument and you know the things you are saying are obvious bullshit. You like to call people bigots but you’re the only person here acting like one.

        See, I called you a person even though I disagreed with you.

        • vagrancyand@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          36·
          19 hours ago

          I hate the way you engage with people here.

          I hate that transphobia is so ingrained in you people’s brains that even dems have to cater to you fucks.

          I think you are just looking for an argument and you know the things you are saying are obvious bullshit. You like to call people bigots but you’re the only person here acting like one.

          My view is backed by science, yours is backed by… bigots jerking themselves off.

          • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
            11·
            2 hours ago

            Good thing that my country’s conservative party is more left wing than your dems, and the US isn’t the center of the world.

            Where I live this conversation is considered about as interesting as arguing about the colour of the sky.

      • Heide@lemmy.world
        43·
        22 hours ago

        Reading comprehension? Like noticing that I’m not even the same person you’re replying to?

          • Heide@lemmy.world
            52·
            18 hours ago

            Yeah look I’m sorry but there’s not a biologist on earth who would agree with this. Saying that biological males don’t have a physiological advantage in strength based sports is just pure delusion.

            Trans people deserve all the same rights and respect as anyone else, and I will fight for that. But if you’re going to say “red is blue and blue is red and science agrees with me” then no, I’m not going to indulge in that delusion