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Trans women should be allowed in sports, but with strict limitations (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It. Simply. Isn't. A. Problem.
Professional womens sports aren't dominated by trans women, and they never will be.
And no man would transition in order to dominate womens sports.

The entire debate is a straw-man for splitting women into "real" and "fake" ones, denying trans women the right to exist.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What about eg. Anne Andres setting multiple national and world power lifting records?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Good for her.
If it turns out that she has an unfair advantage, and the IPF, CPU and other powerlifting organisations feel like it's damaging the sport, they can make a ruling on a case by case basis (which they always could and in this case have, by suspending her).
To ensure that the sport of powerlifting stays free from competitors with elevated testosterone levels (/s).

There is absolutely no reason to try and come up with a "solution" for all transgender people in all sports.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

We can't set a limit on testosterone levels, because then biological women like Caster Semenya, who naturally has high testosterone, are forced to take T blockers (This actually happened to her)

And wouldn't that allow women to dope up until an acceptable level?

Where do you draw the line?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I don't. There doesn't need to be a line.

Just let the sports associations each make their rules and decide on conflicts when they come up, as they have always done.

Most of them have very lax rules because it really isn't a problem that comes up often.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago

I can accept spots deciding for themselves.

However a lot of sports have decided that trans women who went through male puberty aren't allowed in their women's devision.