Measuring the blast radius of a man in women's sports
Someone I've known for a long time surprised me recently by proclaiming, in earshot of family and passers-by, "When it comes to that, I'm a TERF. I'm right with J. K. Rowling." When I had a chance to speak to her one-on-one a bit later, I said "So, we're on the same team for once." I told her a bit about my writing on and experience with males in women's sports, and we had a few minutes of concordance. As I got more animated on our common ground, she went for the record scratch: "But it affects so few people it shouldn't be a topic of national media and debate. It's a tiny niche issue that's being exploited and exaggerated to stir up anger and distract people from 'more important issues.”
William Thomas' 15 minutes being over, the most talked about male on a women's sports team right now is Blaire Fleming of San Jose State's women's volleyball.
Having recently analyzed some in-game data on Fleming's performances in light of allegations of point shaving, targeting, and conspiracy, I had a jump start on quantifying the "blast radius" of a single male on a women's team.
