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Testosterone levels for TW athletes to be lowered

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Doyoumind · 15/10/2019 17:35

Can't see a thread about this news from yesterday but apologies if it's already been discussed.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/50049449

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Michelleoftheresistance · 15/10/2019 17:44

Compromise. Still throws women under the bus as natal women don't have testosterone levels that high. And women aren't men with low testosterone.

And no, no transwoman ever has or ever will be female. Words have meaning, 'woman' can be applied in a legal or social context, but if they are not biologically male then they wouldn't be transwomen. Isn't that rather erasing of transwomen's identities? Everyone's so confused with the language and what is and isn't allowed and what it all means with the lack of shared meaning that it's becoming totally incoherent.

As for calling fairness in sport 'regulating bodies'..... yes. Weight classes in multiple sports. Fitness levels expected. Drug testing. It's a part of sport ffs? It really shows: any 'no', any boundary, is seen as an infringement of personal rights. (And stuff anyone else's rights.)

AnyOldPrion · 15/10/2019 17:42

They’re listening... to the general public screaming that this is a travesty.

Then they’re listening to TRAs and still giving them the opportunity to shit all over women by making a tiny nominal change.

Doyoumind · 15/10/2019 17:38

No, it doesn't. But it shows to a certain extent they are listening.

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VickyEadieofThigh · 15/10/2019 17:37

Still doesn't reduce the massive advantages a male body affords, however - and new research has demonstrated that completely.

Also - why is it these specific races? Why not all?

Doyoumind · 15/10/2019 17:35

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/50049449

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