I see this mentality all the time and it can be applied to many more practices than speedrunning, like when John McEnroe said that thing about Venus Williams not even breaking the top 100 if she played against male tennis players like bro she'd still kick your ass https://twitter.com/svpereight/status/1299368070327283717

Also when Kate Bush and Bjork get heralded as some of the greatest 'female artists' like buddy Thom Yorke openly admits that Kid A was influenced by Homogenic, and David Gilmour practically begged to collaborate on Bush's debut album when she was still a teenager

Everyone I've listed in this thread is a GOAT in their field, not for their gender in their field, they're just actually fucking bonkers at what they do