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Jay Ulfelder Jan 25, 2023

New study finds "no substantial evidence of any biological advantages for trans women competing in elite women's sport."

"'What threatens women's elite sport, for cis and trans women, is not trans women, but is rather misogyny in the form of underfunding, non-parity in participation and leadership, inequitable sport space allocation/access, and a range of sporting opportunities not afforded to women...in equitable ways.'"

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/trans-women-athletes-have-no-unfair-advantage-under-current-rules-study-finds

#TransRights #cycling #queer

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darksidecat

@jayulfelder Always worth noting too is that the bone density thing doesn't work across ethnicities. While averages as typically slightly higher for men than women in the same ethnic group, on average, women of one ethnicity can be higher/similar to the men of another than to the women. & social factors impact bone density as well. Mexican American men regularly have lower bone density on some tests than white women.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057045/

Age, gender, and race/ethnic differences in total body and subregional bone density

Total body dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) data offer the opportunity to compare bone density of demographic groups across the entire skeleton.The present study uses total body DXA data (Hologic QDR 4500A, Hologic Inc, Bedford MA) from the National ...

PubMed Central (PMC)

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darksidecat Jan 26, 2023

@jayulfelder Most professional athletes are not post menopausal, so the shift from "men have greater average bone density than women of the same ethnicity, race, & social status" to "men have higher average in general, with some exceptions" post menopause doesn't really matter for elite sports.