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Transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete in Women's competitive sports.

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13 Comments

Jan 03

Transgender women should not compete in women’s sports because biological differences give them an unfair advantage. Even after hormone therapy, traits like muscle mass, bone density, and lung capacity—developed during male puberty—remain. These advantages make transgender women physically stronger, faster, and more resilient than cisgender women, which is critical in competitive sports where physical ability is key.

For example, muscle mass and bone structure developed with higher testosterone levels don’t entirely revert, even with reduced hormone levels. This means transgender women can generate more power, recover faster, and withstand greater impacts compared to cisgender women. These differences undermine the level playing field essential for fair competition.

Women have fought for equal opportunities in sports, and allowing athletes with inherent physical advantages to compete against them jeopardizes that progress. Respecting gender identity is important, but it should not come at the cost of fairness in competition.

To address this, alternative solutions like creating open or inclusive categories can allow everyone to compete without compromising fairness. This ensures inclusivity while maintaining the integrity of competitive sports. In conclusion, biological realities must be considered to preserve fairness in women’s sports.

Shoebsy

Jan 20

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Hi, Cardiologist here. This idea of bone density and lung capacity developing during male puberty is extremely overblown. It's a matter of size and height, which in both male and female born persons, athletic people are far more 'normal' to have similar abilities. There is nothing about a hormone that creates more ability for lung capacity, The heart is the core factor there and the size gap between a tall man and short woman is less than 0.05%. This doesn't even touch on the fact that athletes will train to similar levels, regardless of birth. Muscle mass is a huge influence with testosterone, But you are factually incorrect when you say they don't fully revert. trans women lose muscle mass in 5-8 months even if they keep a regular training. Over 3 years of hormone treatment. most trans women do not have any hormone imbalances compared to ciswomen. If this idea of yours was true, We should see trans women quickly overtaking competition. But that clearly does not happen, the very few times they make headlines, they rare ever (if ever) make first place, and during a competition even if they win singularly in an event, they do not proceed to ONLY win.