• Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club
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      3 days ago

      When women succeed in sports, they get accused of being a man in disguise instead of being praised as being gifted like Michael Phelps is.

      • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone
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        3 days ago

        :(

        I heard an example of this once, where people were citing Katie Ledeki as a female athlete who would never be mistaken for a man.

        And then people started accusing her of being a man.

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          I’ve heard people complain that women with small breasts have an unfair advantage in several sports because women with large breasts are weighed down by them.

          • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world
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            Large breasts can turn into something to work around. I’ve seen quite a few posts over the years regarding continental cleans from women new to lifting.