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Algerian Imane Khelif wins boxing gold medal after her gender was wrongly questioned
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Also, afaik, there are guidelines for trans athletes in most major sports competitions, in terms of testosterone levels etc., to ensure fair play, so this wouldn't matter anyway.
And also, Algeria is officially a Sunni Islam country where gender transition is outlawed.
Check out the podcast "Tested". It's three episodes and goes into the history of testing female athletes to make sure they are "female enough" to compete.
So why is it if a man has elevated testosterone levels it's allowed for him to have that advantage, but if a woman has elevated testosterone levels that's not?
If we're interested in fair play shouldn't all competitors be tested and those with less testosterone be given more so that they are on an even playing field?
Yes or at least organize athletes by testosterone like we do with weight if it's truly that big of a deal. Then men with lower T shouldn't be against men with higher T either.
That's the question, is it? I believe in the podcast I mentioned they said the IOC's (flawed) tests only showed an advantage in a few Track and Field events (I think it was mid length runs).
So let's do some proper testing first to see how much of an advantage Testosterone actually gives, it's entirely possible it's irrelevant and we should stop testing for it all together.
If there is something that provides a noticeable advantage then just separating everyone by the "weight class" equivalent would be better than an arbitrary gender division.
Agreed. The book "Delusions of Gender" by Cordelia Fine points out that sexes are generally much more alike than different.