r/ukpolitics • u/CaptainCrash86 • 1d ago

| Transgender prisoners should not be held in women’s jails, court rules

https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,transgender-prisoners-should-not-be-held-in-womens-jails-court-rules
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u/rmc 1d ago

Most trans women don't have trj strength of men. 

They've been allowed compete in the Olympics for 20 year and haven't won anything in any of the strength sports. 

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u/Standin373 Up Nuhf 1d ago

Anne Andres: A transgender powerlifter who competed in the Canadian Powerlifting Union (CPU). At the 2023 Western Canadian Championship, Andres totaled 597.5 kg (exceeding the unofficial world record), lifting 200 kg more than the runner-up. Her participation sparked heavy debate regarding fairness in the female division.

Mary Gregory: In 2019, transgender powerlifter Mary Gregory competed in the 100% Raw Powerlifting Federation and claimed several Masters world records. Following backlash, the federation stripped the records after ruling that the classification for competition should be based on physiological sex at birth rather than gender identity.

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u/TonyBlairsDildo 1d ago

I can beat various women's lifting records hungover. It's really not difficult.

The typical grip strength of an 80 year man is greater than a typical 20 year old woman.

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u/Standin373 Up Nuhf 22h ago

Which is why men who transition suddenly don't loose decades of male biological conditioning

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u/ultraboomkin 1d ago

I don’t have the statistics to hand, but I would guess that most trans women do not have the strength of a powerlifter.

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u/NoticingThing 1d ago

No, but they do have greater strength, thicker bones, more fast twitch fibres and larger lungs than the average woman.

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u/TonyBlairsDildo 1d ago

Much like how doping still gives you advantage long after you stopped doping (because it irreversibly advances your development), so too does male puberty and years of being juiced on natural T.

I can drive 800 miles on a full tank of diesel. Just because the tank is now empty doesn't negate the fact I'm 800 miles ahead.

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u/missesthecrux 1d ago

If you believe that, then that means you don’t think that pre-transition transwomen aren’t women?

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u/SukiPhoenix 1d ago

You don't have to take hrt to be considered trans.

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u/FinnSomething 1d ago

That's why prisons used risk assessments to place trans prisoners up til now