Debate focuses on male physical advantages, but females may hold event-specific edges (e.g., flexibility, certain endurance contexts). If policy rests on biological performance differences, these should be acknowledged to justify symmetrical eligibility rules. This widens the fairness lens beyond a single direction.
— It challenges one-way fairness narratives and could influence how governing bodies define categories across different sports and events.
James L. Nuzzo
2025.07.28
100% relevant
The author cites joint range-of-motion (flexibility) as a potential systematic female advantage that current laws ignore.
Inquisitive Bird
2025.01.29
56% relevant
The article presents evidence of a female advantage in a concrete performance domain (elite jigsaw competition), reinforcing the broader point that sex-based advantages can be event-specific, not one-directional—an argument previously made about sports but here extended to a visuospatial task.
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