The IIAF recently determined that W800M winner Semenya was born with the male XY chromosome. See below.
https://www.apnews.com/81de352b13d4409d8e3e05d44b417078
That probably excludes Semenya from claiming she is intersex meaning a person is born having ambiguous genitals etc. which is rare but there are such people. Trying to determine where intersex people should compete is a difficult chore.
But apart from the drugs which to me still seem prevalent in Track and Field, another main worry of mine has to do with transgender athletes. All this hormone level talk about testosterone is opening the floodgates for transgender athletes who were born male which will allow them to compete with women.
I think the IAAF should nip this in the damn bud once and for all. Simple. If you were born male you should
never be allowed to compete against women in sanctioned events.
Period.
I don't give a rat's ass what a transgender testosterone levels are because that isn't the only difference between people who were born male and people who were born female. As discussed here and in other forums there are numerous important differences between the male body and the female body that go way beyond just testosterone levels.
Sure males typically have much higher testosterone levels than females. But that is just one factor. There are other
essential differences between people born male and people born female. Skeletal, muscular, the list goes on. It is quite simple. It is
blatantly unfair for a person who is born male to compete against females as a transgender athlete in Track and Field.
Transgender athletes who were born male can identify with women until the cows come home but they
should never be allowed to compete against females. If they want to compete against athletes who like them were born male then I say go right ahead. Compete against males.
To me all this testosterone talk is a red flag and a way of allowing athletes who were born male to compete with women. I see right through this back door method and I am not buying into it for one second.
Already this transgender stuff has ruined some high school events where girls are left out in the cold because some guy who wants to be a woman blows them away in a track event.
Good God we need to get a grip.
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