RE: Man Named 'Tiffany' Is Dominating Women's Pro Volleyball in Brazil
February 27, 2018 at 10:06 pm
(February 27, 2018 at 8:07 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:(February 27, 2018 at 7:27 pm)Grandizer Wrote: In the case of male to female, transsexual sportspeople are being weakened artificially in order for the competition to be fair with other women. Not boosted. Just to be clear ... in case this wasn't before.
No shit, and then they compete against someone who had to go through puberty without male levels of testosterone. The difference there is huge. For example, the person this thread was about played in a Belgium c level pro league, and then transitions and immediately sets records as a pro in Brazil, which has one of the strongest pro volleyball leagues. To deny that artificial advantage is insane.
Could be partly due to experience in the men's league. Remember, she's been artificially weakened in order to play in the women's league.
Anyway, we're working with a very small sample here, and there's a lot of social/environmental factors we need to consider as well. Let's not jump to rash conclusions and panic in the process.
