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No. I think the governing bodies of these sports should take reasonable precautions to like, it's not like these transgender women are just showing, can I finish?
No. I think the governing bodies of these sports should take reasonable precautions to like, it's not like these transgender women are just showing, can I finish?
There's like a lot of nuance to this debate and I'd like if I could answer your question.
There's like a lot of nuance to this debate and I'd like if I could answer your question.
Okay, so it's not like these transgender women are just showing up in sports and being like, actually, I'm a woman now, and I want to go break all these records.
Okay, so it's not like these transgender women are just showing up in sports and being like, actually, I'm a woman now, and I want to go break all these records.
Within six to nine months, they're self-declaring as a woman. So the Olympic body has very strict governing standards on the amount of testosterone and the amount of time you've been on hormone replacement therapy to reduce your levels of testosterone. That's like the performance enhancer for these sports.
Within six to nine months, they're self-declaring as a woman. So the Olympic body has very strict governing standards on the amount of testosterone and the amount of time you've been on hormone replacement therapy to reduce your levels of testosterone. That's like the performance enhancer for these sports.
to natural levels of women like whether or not that provides an advantage or not is up to like the governing bodies i do think there should be research into that but say like a blanket ban on people who might have been taking puberty blockers since they were 12 and then go on to progress and actually know you're not allowed to participate in women's sports there doesn't really seem to be an argument for that does there
to natural levels of women like whether or not that provides an advantage or not is up to like the governing bodies i do think there should be research into that but say like a blanket ban on people who might have been taking puberty blockers since they were 12 and then go on to progress and actually know you're not allowed to participate in women's sports there doesn't really seem to be an argument for that does there
Of course there is. Why? Well, you haven't gone through puberty.
Of course there is. Why? Well, you haven't gone through puberty.
You developed as a woman. You never got the boost from testosterone.
You developed as a woman. You never got the boost from testosterone.
Okay, we're missing a very, very important point.
Okay, we're missing a very, very important point.
You are missing a very important... fact about the differences in physical capabilities between men and women and that most of them develop before puberty. As puberty is going on, when the male body gets a lot of testosterone, so if you develop and you take puberty blockers and then when you're 18, you take estrogen, you develop as a woman, you won't get those physical advantages.
You are missing a very important... fact about the differences in physical capabilities between men and women and that most of them develop before puberty. As puberty is going on, when the male body gets a lot of testosterone, so if you develop and you take puberty blockers and then when you're 18, you take estrogen, you develop as a woman, you won't get those physical advantages.
How does that work? At San Jose State that hospitalized a girl.
How does that work? At San Jose State that hospitalized a girl.