If you ever want to be horrified at the human impact of bad science, Caster Semenya is a chilling example
The IAAF have NEVER DEMONSTRATED that this is scientifically sound, but it doesn't matter because they have several p-values <0.05
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Sports happen at more levels than the Olympic. There is an increase of transwomen in sports at school level in the US. To get the grant women would otherwise have gotten. The main thing is, we don't want to watch doped people compete against fair people. Testosterone is doping.
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So what you're saying is that there is a huge movement of trans women to women's sports, but they still represent only a tiny fraction (less than 0.1%) of title/medal winners? Meaning they are numerous but virtually never win? Sounds like a fair competition, that
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Look at these bodies. You know why the one in the center won and why number 2 and 3 can train all they like but never win. This is cycling. This person has not chosen figure skating but cycling where those lungs, that heart, those bones and muscles are an unbeatable advantage.pic.twitter.com/ljkqGMq0r2
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Number 2 lost by a fraction of a second and won many other events against the same competitors. I think she's actually beaten her more often than she's lost. So the unassailable difference you're claiming just doesn't exist.
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And this has nothing to do with trans women being rare? And that persons willing to do sports have to come from that very small pool? There are still more trans women in women's sports than trans men in men's sport.
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Can't have it both ways - either they're incredibly rare and that's why they never win or they're swamping the sport and it's a fair competition

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We likely will only have to wait. On lower levels, this is already happening, especially in the US, where many women are feeling cheated out of their athletic careers. You have to consider it takes around 5-10 years minimum to train an Olympic athlete to be competitive.
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