Female runner who identifies as non-binary runs in the women's 1500m final at Paris Olympics. Absolutely no issue. Because the female category was designed to include all females, regardless of gender identity, by excluding male advantage. This is inclusion.

If females with trans or NB identities are happy to remain in female sport why can't males with transgender or NB identities remain in male sport? The asymmetry reveals the underlying power relations between the sexes. Males are still primary. Females are still the second sex.

Found myself offline for a couple of days while the Gremlins of the Internet did their worse ... but thankfully back on air now. Have a great weekend everyone. #embroidery #gremlins #birds #BirdsOfTwitter #burystedmunds #suffolk

“Mary Beard is an old fossil who should either be in a home or a museum” “a clueless vile ghoul” etc … disagreement doesn’t have to be conducted like this folks, it really doesn’t!

FYI. In the women’s boxing division only Lin Yu Ting (57kg) and Imane Khelif (66 kg) won every single match 5-0 on their way to gold. Their respective records were 5-0, 5-0, 5-0, 5-0. The women who won the other weight divisions in comparison:

My investigation into Big Fertility - the global surrogacy trade - in the The Telegraph today (no paywall): telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

👀for women 25 weeks pregnant or more, with no pregnancy complications, aged 18-40 - to help with this Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN study to help better identify compromised placentas🙏one visit lasting 2 hours on nottm university campus at a date/time to suit you 😊 TYSM!

Can Iranian women “identify” out of being female and show their hair? Can child brides “identify as nonbinary” to not be r&ped? Can girls “identify as transmasc” to escape FGM or breast ironing? Everyone knows who the women are when it’s about punishing them. Funny that.

‘Yes, bystanders can save women from sexual assault. But I know first-hand that’s not always enough’ Shocking and infuriating to read the experiences of the author of this piece, who having been sexually assaulted on a Thameslink train whilst pregnant, reported with a witness

There is no Woman of the Day post today but I thought you might like to know that OTD in 1612, the Samlesbury witches from Lancashire were tried at Lancaster Castle in one of the most famous witch trials in our history. The three women - Jane Southworth, Jennet Bierley, and Ellen

Our new study looked at the experiences of families and healthcare professionals following incidents involving NHS maternity care highlights critical factors for improving communication with families. kcl.ac.uk/news/new-repor…

Reporting on patient & public involvement in research publications is the exception, not the rule. How can how researchers and funders could improve this? Kevin J Munro, Jeremy Taylor and others this question using data from one NIHR research programme: nihr.ac.uk/blog/reporting…

Rachael Wong Wow, just wow. “Sex is changeable” — 100% it is not. One may preset themselves in a societally different way, one’s own way, but it doesn’t change the immutable fact of one’s sex. Hopefully a higher court overturns this.

Grow your own oak tree #1 Choose your acorns: Harvest when green. Size does not matter, visible damage does. Discard any with holes or cracks, as it means insects are home Place in water. Any that float discard, as it could mean they have been eaten from the inside

NEW WORKING GROUP: We are looking for people with public involvement experience and an interest in how health research is funded to join a small working group. The deadline for applications is noon on Monday 9 September 2024. Find out more 👇 health.org.uk/article/public…

Despite global shock, few countries—even after investing billions in women's rights—have condemned the Taliban's decrees. This silence is a moral failure, endangering all women worldwide. When women's rights are stripped away in silence, it threatens every woman's freedom.

My story of service user involvement in maternity services - working to reduce barriers to breastfeeding and to strengthen channels for mothers' voices to be heard. TY to Rachel Plachcinski for including me in the MuM-PreDiCT series of stories in PPIE. youtu.be/sUJ1O-drR3U?si…

My PPI diagram a year on and 51k views later… - ARC West ⁦Louise Ting⁩’s wonderful PPI diagram grew wings and flew to other countries sharing best practice in patient public and community engagement as well as at home ⁦DERA_YH@TUoS⁩ Thank you arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/news/my-ppi-di…