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.

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    See here’s the thing. I don’t have to. I have a degree in Exercise Science. I know lean muscle mass percentage by weight is the best predictor for physical ability. So why these researchers conclude it isn’t without explanation is frankly entirely beyond me. I can’t find anything on why they concluded that way and it flies in the face of basically what I know and have studied. And when the conclusion doesn’t support the data like it does in that study I have to wonder what politically motivated reason there is for that.

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      You are rubbing shoulders with flat earthers and anti vaxxers. “Scientific concensus must be wrong because I said so. They tell me I’m wrong, but I know better. Why do they keep saying the Earth is round when I can see the flat ground? They must be politically motivated.” You’re doing the Dr. Oz, claiming that the anti-vaxxers have legitimate concerns that need to be seriously invesitgated and we really need to stop taking vaccines in the meantime because I’m a doctor so you can trust me over scientific consensus.

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        No actually I’m not, and this is my last comment since you’re too stupid to understand, clearly. Those researchers said lean muscle mass is not a predictor of athletic performance. That is not the scientific consensus of the field period. Their statement goes against science.