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Here is my latest paper, published today in the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport and co-authored with Dr Emma Hilton @FondOfBeetles from Manchester University. I would like to thank @OpenUniversity for their ongoing support of my research
Jon Pike
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Jon Pike
@runthinkwrite
Professor of Philosophy @OU_Philosophy.
Political philosophy and the ethics and metaphysics of sport. @OU_GCRN
(RT ≠ endorsement, all views personal, obvs.)
- How could the Left - my side, the clever side, the critical side, the informed side, the anti-sexist side - be so deeply, obstinately, stupid as to hand this victory to someone who is none of these things?Trump signs the executive order banning males from female sports, protecting women and girls’ rights to fair and safe competition.
- To state the bleeding obvious, "pregnant people" is not 'impartial' language. It's deeply ideological, part of a project to erase the existence of women as a sex. For a woman to pull a slight grimace at this phrase is an *extremely mild* reaction.
- TW: rude words ahead. I've been on a *lot* of left wing demos in my time. We wanted to *smash* the BNP, to *kick out* the Tories, to *fight* Alton's bill, to *stop* various wars, and Clause 27, then Section 28, then the Poll Tax, and we marched *in solidarity* with miners,
- A man who puts on a police uniform does not thereby cease to be a threat to women. Likewise, a man who puts on a dress.
- I don't like doing this, but @TurkishAirlines you leave me no obvious choice apart from legal action. I booked to travel back from a conference in April 2025 from Istanbul. You bumped me off the flight because you had overbooked. I had to stay an additional overnight and get
- A small additional point about the *complete* corruption of the women's boxing at #Paris24 The boxing was a knockout competition. Angela Carini was knocked out by Khelif in the first round. She didn't get close to the medal bouts, so she can't be awarded a medal. We just
- I don't understand how you can take an amplifier to a women's outdoor open mic event, specifically to drown out voices, stop discussion, give everyone a headache... And think: "I'm the good guy here" Am I missing anything?
- Replying to @bigdaddybunce and @RealWorldBoxingBuncie, I'm not an anonymous fool. You got this badly wrong. A little more humility would be appropriate, since you provided cover for a man to hit women in the ring. It's a bit like Liggett covering for Lance. Bad call. Own it.
- OK, maybe one thing to say. You might not like @Glinner's tone, or his rich sense of humour, or his uncompromising stance, (I kinda do) but one thing he's been laser-focussed on is that trans rights activism is male privilege activism. These are men, privileged men, arrogant
- Emily Bridges is not female. This is important. And, just to save time, I'll copy in my employer @OpenUniversity so all those who want to complain about this straightforward claim can use the right address.‘fellow female athletes’ 🧔🏼💪🏻💉🃏
- Replying to @runthinkwrite... It's difficult to know what to say about this, except that the IOC appears to be intellectually and morally corrupt. All four arguments are hopeless. And this corruption amounts to the IOC licencing men punching women as sport.
- Replying to @bigdaddybunce and @RealWorldBoxing1) Thanks for replying 2) The first problem with your reply is that you did reject tests: you questioned the need for them in the case of Khelif (below) 3) Instead of giving some credibility to the sex tests carried out by the IBA in accredited labs, you chose to believe and
02:00BBC boxing correspondent Steve Bunce says that Imane Khelif is female and the only reason anyone thinks otherwise is because "incredibly powerful people have damned this girl because of the way she looks", adding he doesn't trust the 'gender eligibility test' that Khelif failed - Things we know, for sure, about Caster Semenya: Semenya is karyotypically male (XY) Semenya has testicles Semenya has normal male levels of testosterone Semenya is testosterone-sensitive Semenya has male physiological advantages and Semenya is legally female ...
