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Date Posted: 13:47:03 04/09/26 Thu
Author: More inside
Subject: This really does make the point that the whole thing is silly. Sex doesn't contribute to Irish dance talent the same way it does in objective brute force sports.
In reply to: . 's message, "Wonderful to see a biological male placing 22nd in Girls U17 and a biological female placing 12th in Boys U16" on 13:36:49 04/09/26 Thu

If this really was a problem, the U17 dancer would have won, and the U16 dancer would have been unanimous dead last.
Truly, I get the plight of people participating in objective sport where biological females literally cannot achieve the same thing biological males can. That's unfair. But in our case, it's just not the same. For every "advantage" a biological male may have in a competition, I can give you a "disadvantage" they're facing. Likewise, a biological female, if your argument is solid, should not be able to beat 74% of the biological male competition.
The differences between the two genders (I've changed word from sex, now, intentionally) at high level competition are all style. Beyond that, at the end of the day, a good dancer is a good dancer.
Try reframing this whole thing in your mind as we have "male style" competitions, and "female style" competitions. I know lots of talented female dancers who would actually probably improve their placements if they danced in "male style" competitions, because of their build, style, power, etc.
I've judged a looooot of competitions at this point. The deciding factors are finer technique and rhythm--not brute force.

--and ADCRG who is very tired of this argument which doesn't apply to our sport (specifically)

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