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This seems to be a black and white issue for many, always Yes or always No.

As with most thigns I feel the truth is somewhere in the middle.

It's a spectrum

IMO

A biological man who never underwent puberty and never got the benefits of higher testosterone etc. should be allowed in women's sports.

But, someone like Usain Bolt, who because of undergoing male puberty has bigger bones than he would have had if he didn't, should never be allowed to compete in women's sports.

Where we draw the line, I don't know, but I don't think it's black or white.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, it's certainly a controversial opinion. Largely because everyone spouting it is just showing exactly how little they know about the effects of hrt.

And, when you add in the ever asinine "the truth is in the middle" it underscores that because the truth is in the data. This isn't an opinion about blue being prettier than red. It's an "opinion" about the very understood and easy to research effects of hormones on the human body.

And I'll say this part again because no jackass that brays this malarkey ever ponies up, where are all the records broken by trans women? Because there's places they compete with cis women, and there's no giant wave of new records being set.

Do people really not even think to look and see if there's been any fucking changes in sports where trans women compete? Are people that fucking stupid? Oh, wait, what am I saying, of course they are

You do not know jack shit about this subject and need to shut your fucking piehole, you jackass. Fuck, people are so fucking dumb