Steve QJ
2 min readFeb 3, 2022

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πŸ˜…"...disproportionate to their frames." what an interesting way to phrase it. It's almost as if you're trying to avoid the male/female divide which is actually the issue here.

When males and females have similar sized bodies, similar weight, etc. guess who is stronger on average? You only get one guess...

And yes, I deliberately didn't mention strength because even though trans women maintain a strength advantage after hormone treatment, they definitely do lose strength and muscle mass. However all of the advantages I listed are unaffected by hormone treatment. Which is why I listed them.

Caster's case is a difficult one. I see both sides of this argument clearly and can easily see how the situation is unfair to her. Her advantages are just part of her body. Like Michael Phelps' or Usain Bolt's. I'd certainly lean towards simply letting her compete.

But the fact of the matter is, Caster Semenaya is male. She has androgen resistance, which means that she didn't develop as a male ordinarily would. But shoe has many of the advantages of a male athlete. And surprise, surprise, she is hugely dominant when competing against females. It doesn't matter how hard you try to ignore this fact, I have literally the entire history of sport to back up my point.

If anybody is cherrypicking here, it's you. Caster Semenaya, Dutee Chand, these people are extreme outliers. Building regulations around outliers is a trivially dumb thing to do. I have no idea why this gets people like you so emotional. It's sport. We're simply talking about a way to make it fair. Female sport exists because males competing against females isn't fair.

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Steve QJ
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