I'd file the fact that men outperform women athletically under things that are true but mostly irrelevant. https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/879199867855413248 …
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There are situations in which the greater strength & speed of male athletes is relevant but mostly ppl want to watch athletes compete.
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The drama & excitement of watching men race isn't diminished by pointing out that they'd lose miserably to greyhounds.
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I don't see it as morally wrong to point out differences between men & women, obviously. Nor is it morally right. Context dependant.
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Sometimes it's relevant & interesting. Sometimes it's irrelevant & tedious. Motives can be good, bad or neutral.
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The fact that women can't compete athletically with men is relevant if it suggested that women should compete athletically with men.
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It's possible for things to be true but also not needed to be pointed out all the time.
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An obvious example of this is men's greater propensity for violence which gets pointed out ad nauseum for moralistic purposes.
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So, as to whether it's anti-science to object to gender differences being pointed out often depends on why they're being pointed out.
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If the context in which they're pointed out is science, it almost certainly is. If it's moral, ideological, political, it might not be.
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If there are now demands for McEnroe to apologise & be disinvited to things, this will be a different issue & one that needs countering.
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