We wanted to talk about the data regarding transathletes performance in sports, with a particular focus on transwomen who were born as a biological male but identified as a woman. It goes without saying that discussing the data around their athletic performance is not transphobic. You aren’t sexist for talking about the sports performance of women, you aren’t fatphobic for talking about the health risks of obesity, and you aren’t age-phobic for talking about the health effect

Many of you are probably familiar with the term “toxic masculinity”, which refers to the stereotypical outwardly misogynistic male. This is the guy who treats women as lesser beings and doesn’t hide it. It’s a real thing, but it’s far more rare than people think. Today, the term is used as a pejorative to dismiss any man who happens to disagree with a woman, similar to claiming that a man is “mansplaining” for simply expressing an opinion. Western men, particularly those who