Rebecca

Resistance is Fertile. GC/Sex Realist. Gender apostate. Politically homeless lefty.

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@HallisseyC @RRRunnersUK And yet they inevitably will.

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@wrexhamris51760 @Jos_11111 @itsafrogslife @HallisseyC

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@wrexhamris51760 @itsafrogslife @HallisseyC What exactly were you trying to prove with YOUR screenshot? I was pointing out that the dictionary definitions vary and that the vast majority refer to bio sex.

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@wrexhamris51760 @itsafrogslife @HallisseyC the sound of TRAs grasping at straws - that lists it as a gender. The female of a species is not an identity, it's a material reality.

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@itsafrogslife @HallisseyC It doesn't - most people see the options of male and female and think bio sex.

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@neilDCFC @ChrisAWatson_ @RachaelWongAus @parkrun In the real world many people are bothered - once they realise how misleading, some might say dishonest, PR are being about the categories. You've made it clear that you don't care about protecting fairness for women (the ones without a penis) but many/most of us absolutely do.

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@itsafrogslife @HallisseyC so don't say to women who want fair, sex-based categories that they already have this. Female is not a gender, it is a sex-class (the other is male). Park run should stop being dishonest and either make clear it's a gender free-for-all or not bother having those categories.

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@neilDCFC @ChrisAWatson_ @RachaelWongAus @parkrun and many don't as they're fundamentally unfair to female runners.

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@neilDCFC @ChrisAWatson_ @RachaelWongAus @parkrun so why bother with the rankings at all? They are meaningless according to your criteria. Is age also self-ID and if not, why not?

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@itsafrogslife @HallisseyC female is not a gender. How many women have to say this?

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@IndiaWilloughby @sophieelsworth 'frumpy' - dear me! Age-ism and misogyny all rolled into 1.

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@neilDCFC @ChrisAWatson_ @RachaelWongAus @parkrun ah, now we have distraction. these are all things that PR measures and gives 'results' for.

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@Grope_of_Big point being? If you want the Strava categories to be changed so they are fair do that. This is about Park Run.

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@itsafrogslife @HallisseyC you said : parkrun already has a separate results category for females - female is a sex category, allowing male ppl to self-ID in renders it meaningless

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@neilDCFC @ChrisAWatson_ @RachaelWongAus @parkrun but you can't get an idea of where you are compared to other FEMALE runners of your age if men are included

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@neilDCFC @ChrisAWatson_ @RachaelWongAus @parkrun Again - you are the one talking about it being a race. In your post-PR email they still give you your rankings overall, and according to age and sex categories. The latter is meaningless if men are included in the F category.

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@neilDCFC @ChrisAWatson_ @RachaelWongAus @parkrun they also still email you with your time and overall, age-grace placings as well as, crucially, where you came within your sex-based group. Introducing males to this makes it meaningless if you want a good idea of what standard you are.

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@Grope_of_Big @HallisseyC Strava and Park Run are two different things. HTH

[Rebecca @Rebecca08030126]

@neilDCFC @ChrisAWatson_ @RachaelWongAus @parkrun I didn't mention a race. It does tho' have course records (you know this right?) which are split into male and female but male ppl can be recorded as female and hold a number of the course records. The logical & fair thing would be to either remove records or make them sex-based.