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Transgender women athletes banned from Olympics by new IOC policy (www.tsn.ca)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/sports@beehaw.org
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[–] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

So what you're saying is someone with naturally high testosterone who presents with and naturally developed an otherwise male body can compete with women if they genetically have XX chromosomes? That, somehow, seems even more controversial to me.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Anti-trans folks really don't care who suffers or what their policy actually accomplishes as long as they have a scapegoat.

    Trying to put logic to it will drive you mad.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    What's funny about this is I actually know someone born biologically female who naturally produced more testosterone than estrogen. Heck, PCOS is a hormonal disorder that affects an estimated 10-13% of women.

    It's not like chromosomes matter at all, and these kinds of competitions will always bias favorably towards the people who were more fortunate with the body they were given at birth. Pretending like one person's circumstances just don't count because you don't like them, especially (but not exclusively) for the athlete with DSD, invalidates the competition entirely.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago

    XX chromosomes are the base requirement. Olympics also tests for elevated testoserone.

    "Testosterone is measured for female athletes in the Olympics. The regulations set a limit of 5 nmol/L testosterone for athletes competing in certain events, specifically for distances between 400 meters and 1 mile. Athletes with conditions that cause high testosterone levels may need to suppress their testosterone levels to compete in these events. Additionally, the World Athletics Council has recently reduced the limit to 2.5 nmol/L for athletes with differences in sexual development"

    So both conditions, plus others I'd imagine, have to be met.

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