06-21-2023, 06:52 PM
I think it is a tricky situation. The immediate idea is that hormone testing be used to ensure fair competition. However, we have seen that result in AFAB athletes rejected from competition because of conditions they are born with. In addition, we already have a society were cis-women are criticized harshly for not being femme enough and the hormone testing perpetuates that. It's a far more complicated situation than most people involved in the conversation would care to admit to.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
