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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Replying to @GidMK
Even if she takes medication to lower her testosterone she will have an advantage no woman can compete with. testosterone has already given her huge lungs in comparison with women. Bones, heart, muscles. This is why trans women flock to women's sports. The great unfair advantage.
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Replying to @MikaelaOlsen18
Right, which is why, since 2004 when it became possible, not a since trans woman has ever completed in the Olympics. Or why less than a fraction of 0.1% of international women's titles are held by trans women
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Replying to @GidMK
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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Replying to @MikaelaOlsen18
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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Also, worth noting that the definitions you've proposed in this thread of womanhood (uterus and normal testosterone) would exclude women who've had hysterectomies and those with PCOS from competing. This is the problem with such definitions, generally
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