jeffwTransgender athletes face growing hostility: four tell their stories in their own words
π¦πΊππ¦ππ₯ππππ£π ππ ππππSo why have womens sports then why not just let everyone compete in one division? That way we can avoid all hostility towards trans athletes.
helenslunchSo why have womens sports then why not just let everyone compete in one division?
Because that would be the end of female athletes.
Same reason weight classes exist in some sports. Put a featherweight against a heavyweight of similar fitness and experience and it would be terribly boring and no one would care.
lepinkainenAnd having competitors with insane testosterone counts wonβt end βfemaleβ sports?
LainTrainWho has insane testosterone counts? Most trans women have <1nmol/L. The boundary at the olympic level is 10nmol/L
DudeBoyYou say that as if itβs true for all trans women. It isnβt. I agree with you however that the IOCβs solution introduced in 2003 works fine. The only reason itβs coming up now is because of politics.
I explicitly said βmostβ and I stand by that. It is absolutely true for most trans women that their T levels are far below average cis women.
Ok so we limmit the testosterone do we limmit the muscle growth from when the testosterone wasnt limmitted? Do we limmit the bone structure? Do we limmit the brain chemistry? How far do we go trying to define what is a woman and by doing that are we not excluding people?