Suzie Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 But Caster Semenya, a South African runner who is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 800 meters, who have naturally high levels of testosterone compared with most women wasn't allowed to compete in that race. đł https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/sports/laurel-hubbard-trans-weight-lifting.html NeedleinA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) Alternate headline: Olympics Allow So-called Transgendered Athletes to Compete in Women's SportsSomehow Is No More a Joke Than It Has Been for 20 Years Edited August 2, 2021 by Vort NeedleinA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeedleinA Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 A man in spandex, a woman he does not make. - Yoda Still_Small_Voice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeedleinA Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Vort said: Alternate headline: Olympics Allow So-called Transgendered Athletes to Compete in Women's Sports, Yet Somehow Is No More a Joke Than It Has Been for 20 Years I wonder... just wonder if any country sent their transgender 'men' (aka biological women) to compete against actual men from other countries? Is this just a... send all our men to beat all their women situation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_A_Guy Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, Suzie said: But Caster Semenya, a South African runner who is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 800 meters, who have naturally high levels of testosterone compared with most women wasn't allowed to compete in that race. đł https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/sports/laurel-hubbard-trans-weight-lifting.html Wikipedia says that Caster is intersex, with an XY genetic makeup and having experienced the hormonal surges that males go through at puberty but apparently having been raised as a female from birth (I would presume, due to external genitalia that manifested as female). Frankly, I think the running authorities made the right call; as it doesnât seem right to have people who got the âmaleâ advantages of puberty compete on par with people who didnât.  But . . . whatever.  It does seem to me that the whole point of womenâs athletics is that in most sports, due to physiological makeup, the best of the women just canât compete at the same level as the best of the men; and thus need to form their own âno boys allowedâ club to have a fighting chance at âwinningâ.  If women want to lay the groundwork for their eventual banishment from their own institutions, then who am I to stop them? Edited August 3, 2021 by Just_A_Guy Traveler and Suzie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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