It really is that simple.
The default should be to protect the safety of women in sport followed by the fairness of women in sport.
Instead, inclusion in sport is being put first.
This means the emphasis is on women to prove they are at risk NOT for XY males to demonstrate they are safe to participate.
This means the emphasis is on women to prove unfair competitive advantages NOT for XY males to demonstrate they don't undermine the integrity of women's elite sport.
This is half the point. Where the default position lies. The default position of the IOC was to assume that all people with an F in their passport were female and thus pose no threat.
It was not for those who had been previously banned to show they weren't a risk.
Can no one see how fucked up this is, that fear of litigation from being prevented to compete and ideas of inclusion has come before any regard to the safety of female athletes. No one thinks women will take a case and fight back and it's an easy win to smear and shame women into raising concerns with the threat of ending their careers. Women are just supposed to suck up the potential risk, without anyone actually looking at individual cases and what the science is saying.
It's very obvious there is a problem. There is a massive over representation of DSD athletes reaching this level. This is being compounded by national bodies seeking out DSD athletes because THEY KNOW they have a competitive advantage too.
And still we are told it's complicated.
No really it's not. Show the EVIDENCE that there is no issue with safety and competitive advantage and we'll consider the point. But the fact is, this isn't even happening.
It's just an F in a fucking passport, which just allows for further future gaming of the system which will force XX females out of participation. How is that bloody inclusive? It's not.