RE: Trans people & sports
April 16, 2017 at 5:50 pm
(This post was last modified: April 16, 2017 at 5:53 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
What on earth is going on here, lol?
The notion that there is some trans advantage is unfounded. A person who chose studies to, ostensibly, show that there was or may be some trans advantage, ended up instead with studies that conclude, in each case, that no such advantage could be quantified. In the most generous of the studies, they add the proviso that the advantage may be below the threshold of detection.
Really let that sink in. The obvious™ advantages of "man bones/muscles/shape stronk" is below the threshold of detection or flat out non-existent. We either can't find it, or it isn't there. Take your pick, it hardly matters either way, and this is reflected in regulations allowing post op trans to compete after a given period.
The thing I find fascinating about this one, is the disparity between perception and clinical study on this issue. If you ask a person on the street, they're likely to think that there are advantages to having been born a man so obvious that they barely require mention, and that any question as to what those advantages may specifically be are beyond the point of credible inquiry. Such comments even made their way into this thread. Such is not the case, however.
So why do we think so, why do we persist in thinking so?
The notion that there is some trans advantage is unfounded. A person who chose studies to, ostensibly, show that there was or may be some trans advantage, ended up instead with studies that conclude, in each case, that no such advantage could be quantified. In the most generous of the studies, they add the proviso that the advantage may be below the threshold of detection.
Really let that sink in. The obvious™ advantages of "man bones/muscles/shape stronk" is below the threshold of detection or flat out non-existent. We either can't find it, or it isn't there. Take your pick, it hardly matters either way, and this is reflected in regulations allowing post op trans to compete after a given period.
The thing I find fascinating about this one, is the disparity between perception and clinical study on this issue. If you ask a person on the street, they're likely to think that there are advantages to having been born a man so obvious that they barely require mention, and that any question as to what those advantages may specifically be are beyond the point of credible inquiry. Such comments even made their way into this thread. Such is not the case, however.
So why do we think so, why do we persist in thinking so?
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