Woke Pittsburgh professor claims there is NO difference between male and female skeletons
A University of Pittsburgh anthropology professor denied the difference between male and female skeletons to derisive laughter from students during a speech by college swimmer Riley Gaines.
Gabby Yearwood is a professor whose research focuses on ‘the social constructions of race and racism, masculinity, gender, sex, black feminist and black queer theory, sports anthropology and black diaspora’ according to his biography.
Gaines, a rising star on the conservative talk circuit, is an advocate of keeping student-athletes who are born biological males out of women’s sports. She spoke at the school recently and posed a question to her audience.
‘If you were to dig up a human, two humans, a hundred years from now, both a male and a female, would you be able to tell the difference strictly in the bones?’
Yearwood replies, ‘No’ to laughter from the students in the audience, as well as Gaines.
A University of Pittsburgh anthropology professor denied the difference between male and female bone structure during a speech by college swimmer Riley Gaines.
Gabby Yearwood (pictured) is a professor whose research focuses on “the social constructions of race and racism, masculinity, gender, sex, black feminist and black queer theory, the anthropology of sport, and the diaspora.” black”.
Yearwood doubles down, saying that he is the “expert in the room” on this subject.
Have any of you been to anthropological sites? Have any of you studied biological anthropology? I’m just saying I have over 150 years of data, I’m just curious why they’re laughing at me,” she said.
At one point, Yearwood exclaims, ‘I have a PhD!’
The Independent Women’s Forum, which posted the clip, wrote: “This is how far removed is the left from reality that it must deny basic scientific facts.
‘[Gaines] She may not have a PhD in anthropology like Professor Yearwood, but she and her teammates know firsthand the physical advantages of biological men over women in sport.”
According to the Smithsonian: ‘MAles tend to have larger, more robust bones and articular surfaces, and more bone development at muscle attachment sites. However, the pelvis is the best skeletal indicator related to sex, due to its distinct characteristics adapted for childbearing.
“The skull also has features that may indicate sex, although slightly less reliably.”
They note that sex-related differences are not obvious in the bones of preadolescent children.
Gaines, a rising star on the conservative talk circuit, is an advocate of keeping student-athletes who are born biological males out of women’s sports. She spoke at the school recently and posed a question to her audience.
‘If you were to dig up a human, two humans, a hundred years from now, both a male and a female, would you be able to tell the difference strictly in the bones?’ Gaines asked
However, Discover the magazine points out that sex-related skeletal studies can lead to ‘deep errors’ and may ignore the existence of intersex people, who are born with a mix of X and Y chromosomes.
DailyMail.com has contacted Yearwood for comment on the incident.
Gaines opened up about her experience competing against transgender women participating in women’s sports teams after she was forced to go head-to-head with University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas.
Earlier this year, Gaines criticized President Joe BIden for proposing to change the definition of “sex” in a federal civil rights law to include “gender” and “gender identity.”
Changes to Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any school or any other educational program that receives federal funding, would allow transgender athletes to compete against biological women in sports.
By doing so, Gaines wrote in an essay, biological women would be disadvantaged when competing against transgender women.
Gaines took the opportunity to recount how she was forced to share a locker room with Thomas at the NCAA Championship in March.
Gaines became a rising star on the conservative speaking circuit, having recently been on a panel discussion organized by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to keep biologically male-born student-athletes out of sports. feminine.
The Kentucky alum spoke at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference.
She wrote: “At the NCAA Championships, I saw a 6’4” man exposing male parts in our women’s locker room.
“To be perfectly clear, the anatomy that I and many other women were forced to see confirms that Thomas is male.”
Gaines said she then asked National Collegiate Athletic Association officials where she could change “since I had no intention of undressing in front of a man.”
“I was informed that there were no protections to change in a space that Thomas did not have access to.
“To summarize, the NCAA placed the responsibility on women to avoid disrobing in front of a biological man with biological parts who is sexually attracted to women. Let that sink in.
Thomas’ involvement with the UPenn women’s swim team has brought the issue of transgender students’ participation in school sports teams of their chosen gender to the forefront of the current culture wars.
Conservative efforts to crack down on transgender participation in school sports have gained steam in recent years, particularly since the rise of Lia Thomas.
It has become a new culture war front and was even featured as a campaign issue in several races in the 2022 election.
The left and LGBTQ activists have responded, claiming that policies that force students to participate in school activities designated by biological sex, rather than gender identity, are repressive of transgender youth.
As of now, 18 states have laws that prohibit students from participating in school sports that align with their gender identity, according to the LGBT MAP project.