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Algerian Imane Khelif wins boxing gold medal after her gender was wrongly questioned
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1, trans women are actually at a competitive disadvantage since hormone blockers also nullify the low levels of Testosterone that women produce naturally.
2, of all the fucking countries to suspect of "cheating" by fielding a trans woman, ALGERIA‽
What I'm going to say has nothing to do with the Algerian boxer, she was born a woman and if we started banning athletes from the Olympics whose rare genetics gave them an advantage, there'd be no reason to watch.
That is objectively false for combat sports. Blockers do not reverse the years of effects that testosterone has on their bodies development, such as skeletal structure and bone density.
I don't understand this insistence on denying reality for the very niche topic of trans women competing in combat sports, it is dangerous.
If you don't believe me, go listen to the interviews of female MMA fighters who Fallon Fox destroyed, and I'm talking like fractured skulls.
No, I cited a very specific and highly relevant scientific rationale, and then followed up with an example of what happens when you choose to ignore that reality for the sake of, whatever it is you believe you're doing.
Combat sports are combat sports....MMA, boxing, etc., they're COMBAT sports.
But I can tell from your ignoring the scientific reality of the situation, and choosing instead to call me a discriminatory fuckwad, that you're someone who should be taken seriously. Clearly I'm not up to that task...