RE: Man Named 'Tiffany' Is Dominating Women's Pro Volleyball in Brazil
March 3, 2018 at 6:40 am
(March 2, 2018 at 12:17 pm)Khemikal Wrote: So, in keeping with the "it's not because they're male" theme...can we posit that two athletes of similar t levels,
IOC rules allow trans women to have T levels which are triple those of normal cis women.
Quote:similar strength, similar speed... and similar body fat
These are all affected by T levels - see above.
Quote:similar skeletal structure,
Bone density may be reduced in time by hormone therapy, but skeletal structure is not changed when an adult transitions.
Quote:would be a good match? Building on that, if it just so happens that transitioning provides the relevant effect..there shouldn't be any specific advantage or reason to exclude them from competition with their cis gendered..well matched, peers?
Sure, but that's not the case here, in which an adult male transitioned (keeping his skeletal structure) and likely has higher T levels than the women he's playing with/against.
