Trans women have been banned from women's darts.
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@thomholwerda Wait. Does this mean I've been playing darts wrong since I could hold a dart?
Am I supposed to use my uterus to wield and throw the dart?? And if I don't have a uterus I can't play darts competitively?
What if I had a hysterectomy - am I no longer able to throw a dart?
Jeebus, this is just the stupidest TERF-y bullshit. The contortions of logic they use to prevent a small number of humans from participating fully is utter nonsense.
Husband: I thought we were going to play darts so you could practice before your women's dart match.
Me: Yeah, I'm ready when you are.
Husband: Uh... that technique is, um, new to me. Doesn't it hurt? *eyeing my crotch*
Me: Yeah, it hurts like a mothertrucker but apparently competitive women's darts requires a vagina and uterus to participate.
Husband: Does that mean I have to throw with my penis for men's darts? How would I grip a dart if I'm cut? *winces*
Me: You got me. *kegels to throw*
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Trans women have been banned from women's darts.
Darts.
The ban is based on some English woman's "study". The woman in question is a known TERF.
Again, let me reiterate: darts.
Darts.
@thomholwerda Serious question: there are gendered darts leagues? (Why?)
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Trans women have been banned from women's darts.
Darts.
The ban is based on some English woman's "study". The woman in question is a known TERF.
Again, let me reiterate: darts.
Darts.
@thomholwerda It all comes back to Janice Raymond - they won't stop till trans people don't exist and there is no possibility of anyone ever being able to Transition ever again. The cornerstone of being a terf is being wedded to a goal that is literally a final solution.
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@craigjarrettuk@mastodon.social wait, you're serious? Let me block you real quick
@kgMadee2 the slop images he posts omg. Nothing is value is lost.
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@thomholwerda It all comes back to Janice Raymond - they won't stop till trans people don't exist and there is no possibility of anyone ever being able to Transition ever again. The cornerstone of being a terf is being wedded to a goal that is literally a final solution.
These people cannot win. They physically cannot. People cannot mandate my medical condition out of existence just because it offends their snowflake sensitivities
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@thomholwerda Also, chess, park runs, darts, snooker/pool (don’t @ me about the difference - I don’t care).
Meanwhile even CIS women were banned from that Olympic shooting sport after a woman won the mixed event.
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@bithive @thomholwerda cos men don't wanna be beaten by a girl.
No really.
@quixoticgeek
@bithive @thomholwerda
It was very interesting to me knowing the women's grandmaster chess champion is also a theoretical physicist
Where Magnus is just a chess grand master
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@thomholwerda Why the fuck is darts even gender segregated in the first place? Probably only because men can't stand to lose to women.
@LordCaramac @thomholwerda nailed it
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Look, banning trans women from sports is total bullshit, but at the very least you can see why hundreds of years of propaganda and misogyny in sports would make people assume trans women have an unfair advantage. It's bullshit of course, but at least I can follow that flawed logic.
But darts? Motherfucking darts? You're throwing objects weighing 12-32 g (depending on preference) at a board designed specifically to be penetrated by darts. Fucking children play this game.
If you ever needed proof this was never about protecting women, just think of how these nazis are banning trans women from darts.
DARTS.
@thomholwerda this would be the perfect opportunity for David Mitchell to weigh in on the side of trans women but also a great opportunity for him to ruin his legacy utterly in my eyes by going to the terf side so I am terrified of him making any comment whatsoever.
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@quixoticgeek
@bithive @thomholwerda
It was very interesting to me knowing the women's grandmaster chess champion is also a theoretical physicist
Where Magnus is just a chess grand master
Also unfortunate that I can't remember her name.@nagaram @bithive @thomholwerda Judith Polgár?
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Look, banning trans women from sports is total bullshit, but at the very least you can see why hundreds of years of propaganda and misogyny in sports would make people assume trans women have an unfair advantage. It's bullshit of course, but at least I can follow that flawed logic.
But darts? Motherfucking darts? You're throwing objects weighing 12-32 g (depending on preference) at a board designed specifically to be penetrated by darts. Fucking children play this game.
If you ever needed proof this was never about protecting women, just think of how these nazis are banning trans women from darts.
DARTS.
@thomholwerda it's also happened in chess, btw. Go figure.
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Trans women have been banned from women's darts.
Darts.
The ban is based on some English woman's "study". The woman in question is a known TERF.
Again, let me reiterate: darts.
Darts.
All TERFs are fascists.
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She is not excluded from competing against cis-men (and others) in open events.
Transgender darts pro says she 'just got retired' by governing body's policy change
A transgender darts player says she’s “not done fighting” after the sport’s governing body enacted rules barring transgender women from women’s tournaments.
AP News (apnews.com)
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Look, banning trans women from sports is total bullshit, but at the very least you can see why hundreds of years of propaganda and misogyny in sports would make people assume trans women have an unfair advantage. It's bullshit of course, but at least I can follow that flawed logic.
But darts? Motherfucking darts? You're throwing objects weighing 12-32 g (depending on preference) at a board designed specifically to be penetrated by darts. Fucking children play this game.
If you ever needed proof this was never about protecting women, just think of how these nazis are banning trans women from darts.
DARTS.
@thomholwerda it's not at all the point, but it makes me think about that time I read AWAB have a biological advantage as snipers.
Darts.
Just ludicrous.
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@thomholwerda Why the fuck is darts even gender segregated in the first place? Probably only because men can't stand to lose to women.
@LordCaramac @thomholwerda It's not exactly gender segregated, in that there are no specific men's competitions, men and women compete alongside each other in the big tournaments - and indeed just a few weeks ago Beau Greaves became the first woman to win a major ranking championship.
I assume the rationale for having a separate women's competition is the same as with snooker (a game I'm rather more familiar with): because the game is culturally so dominated by cis men, having distinct women's events allows talented women to develop their game in a less overwhelmingly male environment. And again, the best female snooker players do compete on the world tour, which is not segregated.
(I'm not aware of any decisions being made regarding trans players in snooker, but I might be wrong).
In that respect, it's like having separate competitions for young competitors.
However, that makes banning trans players even *more* absurd. Because there's no sense in which sex-assigned-at-birth can impact upon ability, women's tournaments are solely about development, and clearly trans/nb/other people would benefit from that every bit as much as cis women.
If the whole point is to allow darts (and snooker) to be accessible outside of a highly masculine environment, then it makes sense to simply exclude cis men and let everyone else compete. What they're doing is excluding trans people purely for the sake of excluding trans people, and it's appalling.
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@thomholwerda Why the fuck is darts even gender segregated in the first place? Probably only because men can't stand to lose to women.
Different point as it takes gender separation as a given, but same sentiment:
"Why were women banned from football? ...
There were worries that the success of women's football would damage the popularity of the men's game once the war was over."
Why were women banned from football?
Following the success of the World Cup, women's football is on the up. But it wasn't always the case. At one point, it was banned altogether.
BBC Newsround (www.bbc.co.uk)
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@thomholwerda and chess.
That great bastion of physical prowess. Chess.
@quixoticgeek @thomholwerda why is Chess even gender-segregated?
And if it is, why isn't there gender specific Nobel prize? If it has to be absurdist, it should be so to the end.
How about gender specific United Nations? It's a useless organization anyway, so why not two (or more)
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- Why tf is there “women’s chess”?
- why tf can’t trans people compete?
But I’m honestly still stuck at 1.
Men don't want to lose against women.
Society has less encouragement for women to enter competitive sports
️ fewer opportunities ️ less practice, sponsorship etc.So a girl would have to run with the boys for equal development and education.
Back to top.
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@thomholwerda *women's* darts!? Why the hell is that a gendered competition?!
(Let me guess, the women were winning too often
)@akamran@indieweb.social @thomholwerda@exquisite.social isn't that the reason they have different gendered competitions for shooting sports at the Olympics? -
@thomholwerda Also, chess, park runs, darts, snooker/pool (don’t @ me about the difference - I don’t care).
@HarriettMB @thomholwerda Park Run haven't banned trans women from taking part as women! (There is pressure on them to do so, but they have resisted *very* hard).
