In case there was any doubt in your mind..
https://www.theguardian.com/science...oosts-womens-athletic-performance-study-shows
https://www.theguardian.com/science...oosts-womens-athletic-performance-study-shows
Bastion of Truth...Well, if it's in the Guardian...
Well, the whole transgender issue takes things to a very different level. I take no issue at all with a person who is trans, but I DO take issue with a person who has male sex hormones competing as a female athlete. I kind of didn't want to open that can of worms because I don't want it to get political, although I must admit I don't see this as political so much as a black-and-white issue of testosterone levels.To be honest, I expected posters on this forum to have a quite different take. Where are all the keep-courts-out-of-sport hands-off club?
I am quite surprised, tbh. Nobody is really skiing. And yet no one is taking red-flag exception to quotes such as:
The Court of Arbitration for Sport in May found that the rules for athletes with DSD were discriminatory, but that the discrimination was “necessary, reasonable and proportionate” to protect “the integrity of female athletics”.
as a black-and-white issue of testosterone levels.
YesIs testosterone a steroid?
All testosterone ever did was get me in trouble.
Born a boy, compete with the boys.
It's not always this simple. IOC seems to be trying to define what exactly is a 'woman'. Everyone not fitting that definition can compete, but not as a woman. 'Man' category is everything not 'woman.'
But it should be this simple. Anything else is unfair to women competitors. IMHO.