Yeah but like, if I get this right then op is talking about it regardless of HRT.
Also, HRT may cause muscle mass to plummet but it won't change the bones, so there will still be a very decent advantage in a few sports. Conceivably someone COULD do it, especially if they fudge around with what "counts" as undergoing HRT and what they are allowed to take. But people won't do it because who tf is gonna go through HRT and lie about being a trans woman for years just to win a sport. It's really dumb.
And my Olympic example had nothing to do with lying. I meant Russia or whoever hunting down a genuine trans woman athlete to have them compete.
I'm guessing they don't have to hunt them down, they're already normally competing. Except there's like 5 trans people in Russia who have actually transitioned and none of them is an elite athlete. That's another reason this isn't as significant as people make it out to be, it's not like there's billions of post transition trans people.
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Yeah but like, if I get this right then op is talking about it regardless of HRT.
Also, HRT may cause muscle mass to plummet but it won't change the bones, so there will still be a very decent advantage in a few sports. Conceivably someone COULD do it, especially if they fudge around with what "counts" as undergoing HRT and what they are allowed to take. But people won't do it because who tf is gonna go through HRT and lie about being a trans woman for years just to win a sport. It's really dumb.
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I'm guessing they don't have to hunt them down, they're already normally competing. Except there's like 5 trans people in Russia who have actually transitioned and none of them is an elite athlete. That's another reason this isn't as significant as people make it out to be, it's not like there's billions of post transition trans people.
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