• Bell@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This isn’t about the external genitalia, not sure why you keep going there. This is about the levels of hormones over an amount of time that is known to impart a muscular advantage. The IOC needs a formula for this to decide who can be in the class. This would not be a determination of who is female.

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      4 months ago

      So it is entirely based on hormones?

      I guess in that case, men with hypogonadism would fight women. Right?

      In that case, maybe they shouldn’t classify it between “men” and “women” classes.

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        I think the thing we are trying to regulate is the muscular advantage imparted by certain hormones over certain periods of time. Whether the person being measured has been labeled male or female doesn’t make any difference.