Obviously this won’t work for all sports, but things like football, track, soccer, it would allow for de-gendered team, even allowing athletes with the skills but not the genetically-endowed physical attributes to have a place to play.

Note: I know very little about sports and being on a sports team, so please point out anything that doesn’t make sense.

  • Jolteon@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    Honestly, once they’ve gone through HRT, nearly all, if not all the advantages given by their sex are reversed. I’m not sure how well that works for the F>M athletes, but the M>F athletes are the ones where HRT not working properly would be a problem, and they’re the ones that would unbalance things if not properly transitioned.

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      6 months ago

      Except that isn’t true. Men are more stable due to hip width, their hearts move more blood, their arms and hands are larger/longer, and their lungs hold more air. None of that goes away.