Comment on A real question about trans athletes and records

gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Not an expert, but have read news long enough to notice a few things get overlooked

there are cases where it would be a disadvantage. If the athlete went through full male puberty their skeleton is going to be larger and heavier than someone who went through female puberty, after enough time at typical female hormone levels muscle mass generally decrease to be inline with cis women. On the otherside of the coin, more recent transwomen may not have gone through male puberty due to the use of blockers.

People also tend to focus on transwomen, but conceivably there are sports where transmen might be at an advantage, where a typically lighter smaller frame may be a win. There are also so few trans people competing at a competitive level that as someone who lives outside the american culture wars and tends not to give a shit about sport, it always seems like an such a waste of effort to make a drama out of it

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