Charles Arthur
@charlesarthur.bsky.social
Author “Social Warming”, about how social media inevitably polarises us all (not me or you, obviously, just everyone else). Journalist who has covered sports, technology, science, medicine. Ex-Guardian, -Independent, -New Scientist.
you’ve not supplied a single piece of evidence. You’re a waste of time.
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
you’ve not supplied a single piece of evidence. You’re a waste of time.
weird how many utter loons this place has tho
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
weird how many utter loons this place has tho
at no point have you denied that SRY drives male development. At no point have you denied that trans women are SRY+. At no point have you provided any evidence - not even a vague chain of logic - that would support your view.
False claims like yours are so transparent. People see through the lies.
False claims like yours are so transparent. People see through the lies.
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
at no point have you denied that SRY drives male development. At no point have you denied that trans women are SRY+. At no point have you provided any evidence - not even a vague chain of logic - that would support your view.
False claims like yours are so transparent. People see through the lies.
False claims like yours are so transparent. People see through the lies.
you’re so pathetic. No trans woman has Swyer or CAIS. They’re all SRY+, and you’re clutching at straws as you drown in your contradictions.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
you’re so pathetic. No trans woman has Swyer or CAIS. They’re all SRY+, and you’re clutching at straws as you drown in your contradictions.
absolutely true. Though one can hope to make them question that faith.
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
absolutely true. Though one can hope to make them question that faith.
I bring the science and you bring the denialism. Why don’t you say that the moon landings are fake and the earth is flat? That’s about as scientific as your laughable claim that trans women aren’t male. You know enough to know you’re completely wrong, but your ideology chains you up.
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I bring the science and you bring the denialism. Why don’t you say that the moon landings are fake and the earth is flat? That’s about as scientific as your laughable claim that trans women aren’t male. You know enough to know you’re completely wrong, but your ideology chains you up.
yes, a functioning SRY gene will mean a trans woman is male, because those with SRY+ who have CAIS or Swyer will have been treated as female from birth, because they don’t have male androgenisation.
You know trans women are male, with SRY. You just can’t bear to have to admit it. It’s hilarious.
You know trans women are male, with SRY. You just can’t bear to have to admit it. It’s hilarious.
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
yes, a functioning SRY gene will mean a trans woman is male, because those with SRY+ who have CAIS or Swyer will have been treated as female from birth, because they don’t have male androgenisation.
You know trans women are male, with SRY. You just can’t bear to have to admit it. It’s hilarious.
You know trans women are male, with SRY. You just can’t bear to have to admit it. It’s hilarious.
did you not understand what I said? World Athletics and other bodies allow SRY+ athletes who have Swyer or CAIS to participate in the female category.
SRY+ athletes otherwise can compete in the male category. Because they’re - guess what! - male.
SRY+ athletes otherwise can compete in the male category. Because they’re - guess what! - male.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
did you not understand what I said? World Athletics and other bodies allow SRY+ athletes who have Swyer or CAIS to participate in the female category.
SRY+ athletes otherwise can compete in the male category. Because they’re - guess what! - male.
SRY+ athletes otherwise can compete in the male category. Because they’re - guess what! - male.
yeah, you do that desperate reach for shooting. Nice one. How about sprinting? Is the women’s 100m WR faster than the men’s? Or swimming? Cycling? Anything at all, actually?
You’re just deluding yourself. You can’t possibly believe these things you say if you’ve watched even a day’s mixed sports.
You’re just deluding yourself. You can’t possibly believe these things you say if you’ve watched even a day’s mixed sports.
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
yeah, you do that desperate reach for shooting. Nice one. How about sprinting? Is the women’s 100m WR faster than the men’s? Or swimming? Cycling? Anything at all, actually?
You’re just deluding yourself. You can’t possibly believe these things you say if you’ve watched even a day’s mixed sports.
You’re just deluding yourself. You can’t possibly believe these things you say if you’ve watched even a day’s mixed sports.
absolutely true. Otherwise they would be female, and wouldn’t need the trans- prefix. It’s in the definition.
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
absolutely true. Otherwise they would be female, and wouldn’t need the trans- prefix. It’s in the definition.
There are very subtle exceptions (Swyer syndrome and CAIS), but in both those the person will have clearly been female from birth and won’t go through male puberty. In all other cases, they do. So it’s 99.999% accurate.
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There are very subtle exceptions (Swyer syndrome and CAIS), but in both those the person will have clearly been female from birth and won’t go through male puberty. In all other cases, they do. So it’s 99.999% accurate.
that’s completely untrue. Female athletes *do* recognise it, and that’s why they vote overwhelmingly, whenever given the chance, to keep the female category only for females. https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/most-female-athletes-support-categorisation-biological-sex-research
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
that’s completely untrue. Female athletes *do* recognise it, and that’s why they vote overwhelmingly, whenever given the chance, to keep the female category only for females. https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/most-female-athletes-support-categorisation-biological-sex-research
In every case where it matters - ie outside of CAIS and Swyer - SRY+ *is* what defines male.
You’re so transparently trying not to answer because you know the answer, and it embarrasses you to admit that trans women are male when you want to pretend otherwise.
You’re so transparently trying not to answer because you know the answer, and it embarrasses you to admit that trans women are male when you want to pretend otherwise.
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
In every case where it matters - ie outside of CAIS and Swyer - SRY+ *is* what defines male.
You’re so transparently trying not to answer because you know the answer, and it embarrasses you to admit that trans women are male when you want to pretend otherwise.
You’re so transparently trying not to answer because you know the answer, and it embarrasses you to admit that trans women are male when you want to pretend otherwise.
So predictable: once you’ve got no rational argument you shout "bigot" and hope everyone will go agree with you based on emotion. No actual reasoning.
That stopped working years ago. The overwhelming majority of people are against males (ie TW) in female sports. Better deal with it.
That stopped working years ago. The overwhelming majority of people are against males (ie TW) in female sports. Better deal with it.
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
So predictable: once you’ve got no rational argument you shout "bigot" and hope everyone will go agree with you based on emotion. No actual reasoning.
That stopped working years ago. The overwhelming majority of people are against males (ie TW) in female sports. Better deal with it.
That stopped working years ago. The overwhelming majority of people are against males (ie TW) in female sports. Better deal with it.
Defending the insane is sort of their specialty.
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Defending the insane is sort of their specialty.
We know that a lot of African athletes *do* have advantages in long-distance running: they win marathons and the distance races. But that’s completely fair (absent doping): they’re competing in the same category, ie sex/weight/age/disability. We celebrate that excellence. Kipchoge, Chebet, etc.
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
We know that a lot of African athletes *do* have advantages in long-distance running: they win marathons and the distance races. But that’s completely fair (absent doping): they’re competing in the same category, ie sex/weight/age/disability. We celebrate that excellence. Kipchoge, Chebet, etc.
oh look you were wrong. So now you’re moving the goalposts.
It’s not how successful they are. It’s that they are male, and female sports is for females, because males have and retain physical advantages such as limb length, heart+lung size, skeletal muscle, etc. As that paper points out.
It’s not how successful they are. It’s that they are male, and female sports is for females, because males have and retain physical advantages such as limb length, heart+lung size, skeletal muscle, etc. As that paper points out.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
oh look you were wrong. So now you’re moving the goalposts.
It’s not how successful they are. It’s that they are male, and female sports is for females, because males have and retain physical advantages such as limb length, heart+lung size, skeletal muscle, etc. As that paper points out.
It’s not how successful they are. It’s that they are male, and female sports is for females, because males have and retain physical advantages such as limb length, heart+lung size, skeletal muscle, etc. As that paper points out.
Yeah, because you know
- trans women are male
- the SRY screen will light up like a Christmas tree. Because they're male!
You're trying to deny reality, but reality is banging down the doors. Enjoy your denial while it lasts. Probably not long now.
- trans women are male
- the SRY screen will light up like a Christmas tree. Because they're male!
You're trying to deny reality, but reality is banging down the doors. Enjoy your denial while it lasts. Probably not long now.
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Yeah, because you know
- trans women are male
- the SRY screen will light up like a Christmas tree. Because they're male!
You're trying to deny reality, but reality is banging down the doors. Enjoy your denial while it lasts. Probably not long now.
- trans women are male
- the SRY screen will light up like a Christmas tree. Because they're male!
You're trying to deny reality, but reality is banging down the doors. Enjoy your denial while it lasts. Probably not long now.
I didn't say SRY defines "male". So answer my question. What happens if they take the SRY screen? Do they test positive for SRY?
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I didn't say SRY defines "male". So answer my question. What happens if they take the SRY screen? Do they test positive for SRY?
I've looked at a lot more data and read many, many more research papers than you. It's absolutely evident.
Keep telling yourself it's "politics". It isn't true, of course. But wrap yourself in your little bubble where people who disagree aren't allowed to intrude.
Keep telling yourself it's "politics". It isn't true, of course. But wrap yourself in your little bubble where people who disagree aren't allowed to intrude.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I've looked at a lot more data and read many, many more research papers than you. It's absolutely evident.
Keep telling yourself it's "politics". It isn't true, of course. But wrap yourself in your little bubble where people who disagree aren't allowed to intrude.
Keep telling yourself it's "politics". It isn't true, of course. But wrap yourself in your little bubble where people who disagree aren't allowed to intrude.
I didn't ask you that. I asked whether you think they'd test positive for the SRY gene.
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I didn't ask you that. I asked whether you think they'd test positive for the SRY gene.
At no point have I claimed to. But you said that they have "pretty bad views on genetics". Based on what? And which genetics precisely?
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
At no point have I claimed to. But you said that they have "pretty bad views on genetics". Based on what? And which genetics precisely?
What happens if they take an SRY screen for the SRY gene - the one that drives male development in the womb? Think there's a chance that every single trans woman might just test positive on that?
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
What happens if they take an SRY screen for the SRY gene - the one that drives male development in the womb? Think there's a chance that every single trans woman might just test positive on that?
When people like yourself use the word "bigoted" it's a sign you've completely lost the argument and are now just trying to make pleas to emotion. Guess what: that stopped working years ago. Everyone recognises you've lost.
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
When people like yourself use the word "bigoted" it's a sign you've completely lost the argument and are now just trying to make pleas to emotion. Guess what: that stopped working years ago. Everyone recognises you've lost.
It's always the emotional incontinence that gives away that someone is male. Complete inability to control that MALE RAGE. Amusing, really.
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It's always the emotional incontinence that gives away that someone is male. Complete inability to control that MALE RAGE. Amusing, really.