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This issue is always framed in terms of trans women having an unfair advantage against cis women. But considering trans men even for a second shows how absurd t
by AlexandrB 5y ago
This issue is always framed in terms of trans women having an unfair advantage against cis women. But considering trans men even for a second shows how absurd the "compete with your birth gender" position is. Trans men will have a huge advantage against cis women because they're ingesting a performance enhancing drug: testosterone.
So what solution do you propose? Unless you're advocating for just banning trans athletes from competing in general, there's a lot more nuance here than "men want to compete against women".
- apntikt 5y agoHow is this absurd? Prohibitions on performance-enhancing drugs still apply, no matter why the athlete is taking them. Anyone supplementing with testosterone would be banned from competing. Even if it's supposedly for a 'gender-affirming' purpose, it's still cheating.