Comment on Trans women should be allowed in sports, but with strict limitations

bathing_in_bismuth@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s not as simple as specifically t levels, but you’ve got the idea. Splitting leagues by physical ability rather than gender or sex, as they do in fighting with heavyweights, featherweights, etc

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  • bathing_in_bismuth@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It is, else I can claim to be transfem in detransition and use a shitton of testosterone, no doping

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• AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What testosterone level you were at during puberty has a big impact on the size of your bones. So it’s not that simple.

  People who had high testosterone during puberty have much bigger hands than people who didn’t, hand size has a impact on sports.

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  • Estiar@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What sports do you get an advantage with bigger hands? Are we going to get rid of cisgender women who have big hands too for those reasons too? I’m not even sure where you’re getting this hand size thing anyway

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    • AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’d think swimming, but a better example might be basketball.

      Going through male puberty would make you taller than you would have otherwise been, and in basketball beign taller gives you an advantage.

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      • Estiar@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        With swimming, one would have to push through more body with the same muscle mass (or even less due to suppressed testosterone instead of natural cis woman levels)

        Basketball will have some of the same issues although to a lesser extent, although the natural different variations will still make up for it. My sister (Cisgender) is taller than I am

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