What Is Evidence Based?

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i'm reminded of the case of castrasimania, who's a middle distance track runner. And she was eventually disqualified from all events for having a too high testasterum u. Here's the problem with the evidence based approach: racism comes into play and it turns on li our ideals are not our ideals. But some ideals of femininity are tied up with ideas of whiteness.

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