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I suppose this raises the obvious question of why sports are segregated based on sex (or gender). I know that otherwise men would generally out perform women, but tall men generally out perform short men in foot races, yet we don't segregate them. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to change anything, but if we're going to play gender games we have to live with the consequences.
But the hormones don't do a perfect job, of course, neither undo certain traits already formed.However, one of the operative words here is hormones. They take hormones to change their sex.
Great. So, no room for women athletes at the highest levels. I give up.
I don't see any woman running 9.58 sec/100m lately, have you? The world record for women is 10.49 so even the fastest women could not compete with the fastest HS athletes in Florida.
@Ygorcs
That's an interesring perapective. I get what you mean, and also that the lack of testosterone causes a percentage loss of muscle, to put it in simple terms. I'm sure the use of an inhibitor of testosterone (by a man) would mean, for example, the loss of competitiviness in relation to other men. I'm just not sure it would really mean become virtually like a woman in regard to physical performance. I mean, let's invert, also for the sake of simplification: taking testosterone could help a woman when competing against women, but I wonder if it would be generally enough to make them compete on an equal footing against men (especially top men)?
@Ygorcs
That's an interesring perapective. I get what you mean, and also that the lack of testosterone causes a percentage loss of muscle, to put it in simple terms. I'm sure the use of an inhibitor of testosterone (by a man) would mean, for example, the loss of competitiviness in relation to other men. I'm just not sure it would really mean become virtually like a woman in regard to physical performance. I mean, let's invert, also for the sake of simplification: taking testosterone could help a woman when competing against women, but I wonder if it would be generally enough to make them compete on an equal footing against men (especially top men)?
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