this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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With these new rules, FIDE has managed to

  1. Imply the mental inferiority of women
  2. Validate the existence of transgender men
  3. Destroy the integrity of awards record-keeping
  4. Call transgender women men

Very nice, FIDE, incredible mental gymnastics performance! 👏 Add them to the ever lengthening sports federation shitlist.

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[–] RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Because it’s a restricted participation class, and like it or not the details of those restrictions are important to the participants.

If the class exists because women want it, then it’s reasonable ask women participants what they want.

If someone proposed a restricted class limited to PoC, it would be entirely appropriate to ask PoC what they think about the proposal.

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