Finnegan
I like a bit of a cavort
Then I was evidently mistaken to be more sympathetic to a report compiled by experts in their field than your opinion.This 'report' is laughable bunk.
Why are you so keen to erase 'female'? Genuinely interested to know where this impulse comes from.
It is neither a desire or impulse on my part to erase ‘female.’ I’m simply questioning rigid definitions that are based on biological reductionism, and which assert the physical effects of puberty result in immutable changes in anatomy and physiology that determine what physical tasks can, and cannot, be successfully undertaken.
There was a time when it was unthinkable for women to occupy certain positions due to their ‘essential’ femininity and physical limitations (although women had historically worked in coal mining up until 1842, when legislation was enacted to restrict or abolish this practice). Prior to WW1, women worked predominantly as domestic servants. The labour shortages caused by the war resulted in women being drafted into engineering, ship building and coal mining.
If women can take men’s place in the coal mines and shipyards, then they can damn well play football alongside men.