RE: Is this fair?
April 8, 2017 at 10:05 am
(This post was last modified: April 8, 2017 at 10:07 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(April 3, 2017 at 8:30 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:(March 30, 2017 at 3:34 pm)Khemikal Wrote: That seems to be the trending counter-thought, though I'm not sure why.
I think that the advantage to having been a man is fairly obvious for a number of reasons that have already been discussed. If it were strictly about current testosterone levels, you'd see trans-men having success competing with men. As far as I'm aware there has never been a single case of a trans-man having any sort of success competing with men. So it's clearly not just about hormone replacement and the level of testosterone.
Except that it's not. Not to me, not in any study done on the subject, and not to the governing bodies of sports who -do- see potential advantages to baking soda use....
Testosterone levels are not the only thing considered, and I;m pretty sure I already commented on that. The effects of transitioning are not limited to testosterone levels. Bone density is effected as well, as are other hormone levels associated with performance enhancement. In performance based metrics, strength, speed, endurance...all are found to be comparable or -lower- in mtf trans than in cis females.
No one can quantify this obvious advantage, and not for lack of trying. It seems as though the "advantage" boils down to nothing more than seeing a trans win something, not realize how often they lose...and then imagining shit.
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