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400 transfems at Olympic events is rare?

• adgjlsfhk1 7mo ago
  first of all, you need a source for 400. 2nd of all 400/11000 athletes is 3%. that's roughly inline with population statistics in the 15-25 demographic
  • Jensson 7mo ago
    > 2nd of all 400/11000 athletes is 3%. that's roughly inline with population statistics in the 15-25 demographic No its not 3% for the world, for USA maybe but most countries barely have any trans people at all.
    • sevenseacat 7mo ago
      barely any openly trans people, maybe, because it's highly illegal
    • turtlesdown11 7mo ago
      Here's a helpful map of cultures with transgendered subsets that are accepted in society. Cultures on every continent have a deep historical record of transgendered folks. https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/content/two-spirits_map-html/ https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/content/two-spirits_map-...