And I remember that Semenya runner at the Olympics from a while back, they tested her because they had doubts she was a woman.
I just found out by googleing she is actually intersex and was banned from competing because she didn’t want to lower her testosterone.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb/25/caster-semenya-career-olympics-european-court-human-rights
So, that trans swimmer has less testosterone than intersex runner? Trans are allowed now at the Olympics but intersex are not?
I think they both should be banned. Not banned entirely, just from women’s division. But they should have their own category. They should put trans women with intersex women to compete.
This is anecdotal but I know a woman who is intesex, she is my good friend’s ex wife (they are lesbians). I was a maid of honor at their wedding. She was assigned female at birth and had surgery. She needs to take hormones, I assume estrogen, I never asked. But she is definitely quite manly and strong and aggressive, has a short fuse.
She is also a competitive runner, not professionally but she does compete and she mostly wins. So I guess she has an advantage, probably has higher testosterone levels.
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