If this trend continues, biological women’s competition at this level will all but disappear. Can you imagine if a biological female competitor was found to have a testosterone level 5 times normal? Yet transgender biological males are welcomed with these levels. How is that remotely fair? I predict this biological male will win the gold for New Zealand.
I further predict that third world countries wanting to win at this level for national pride will intentionally groom biological males to compete in woman’s sports, thus bringing gold pride to those nations.
"The report pointed out that in 2015, the International Olympic Committee changed its rules to allow transgender athletes to compete as long as their testosterone level is below a certain level and maintained for a year. The determining criteria — a maximum reading of 10 nanomoles per liter of testosterone — is as least five times more than a biological woman."
Very wrong. I have no problem with transgender in general. But competing against women is not right. They are genetically male which is much stronger and faster.
Recently an Auckland environmentalism group disbanded because they were, in light of their view that BIPOC being most affected by climate change, far too white.
What if there was a biological woman who has always been a biological woman but hits that level of testosterone? Population statistics would suggest such women exist.
Should she be barred from competing?
As for this:
The determining criteria — a maximum reading of 10 nanomoles per liter of testosterone — is as least five times more than a biological woman.
Is this 5x the level of women in general, or 5x the level of that subset of women who usually compete in this event? It makes a difference.
They may not actually be ‘connected’ but they’re damn sure the same all-male-dominated garbage that’s now carrying over into a major sporting competition. Women who’ve already fought these equality battles will be told to shut their homophobic mouths or step up to the start line.
Expect a chorus of ‘statistically there aren’t enough XX’s affected to matter’ – it’s all they have so it’ll get beat to death.
And maybe you’ll answer my question as to whether women who have always been women who test at this level of testosterone should also be barred from competing?
How much of an outlier are biological women allowed to be before you say they should be barred from competing?
If an XX is naturally gifted with strength or better blood and muscles that makes her the probable winner. Happening naturally is fine. XYs with high testerone…nope nope and nope.
