If testosterone is a PED and it doesn’t matter if the athlete is cis or not, then there should be a hard limit for both male and female athletes to ensure fairness. If too much testosterone is only a problem for women then clearly it’s a sexist attempt to police women’s bodies.
Every human body produces some amount of testosterone, either too much is an unfair advantage or it isn’t.
I’m suggesting disqualifying women for abnormal testosterone levels without doing the same for men makes no logical sense. Either it’s a PED or it isn’t and if you’re going to limit a naturally occurring hormone of just one sex, then it’s not really about the hormone.
But they do, do the same for men. They test men’s testosterone. It’s part of the anti-doping protocol.
If someone is found with abnormal levels, it can be indicative of doping, and doping by increasing testosterone is quite common. Most people know it by the name of “steroids”
Maybe we should just stop taking professional sports so seriously
People will always have genetically advantages, be it height, testosterone, bone density or a myriad of other factors. Trying to control all is impossible, and no matter what limits you set, you’ll unfairly exclude some people
If testosterone is a PED and it doesn’t matter if the athlete is cis or not, then there should be a hard limit for both male and female athletes to ensure fairness. If too much testosterone is only a problem for women then clearly it’s a sexist attempt to police women’s bodies.
Every human body produces some amount of testosterone, either too much is an unfair advantage or it isn’t.
Are you proposing mandatory testosterone blockers for all Olympic athletes?
I’m suggesting disqualifying women for abnormal testosterone levels without doing the same for men makes no logical sense. Either it’s a PED or it isn’t and if you’re going to limit a naturally occurring hormone of just one sex, then it’s not really about the hormone.
I see now! I misunderstood. Thank you for clarifying
But they do, do the same for men. They test men’s testosterone. It’s part of the anti-doping protocol.
If someone is found with abnormal levels, it can be indicative of doping, and doping by increasing testosterone is quite common. Most people know it by the name of “steroids”
Maybe we should just stop taking professional sports so seriously
People will always have genetically advantages, be it height, testosterone, bone density or a myriad of other factors. Trying to control all is impossible, and no matter what limits you set, you’ll unfairly exclude some people
They do check testosterone levels for men in every single sport that checks for doping. Abnormal levels is indicative of doping.
No basketball player should be above 5.5 feet tall. There should be a hard limit on height. But only in women’s basketball.
There should be separate basketball leagues as per height.
5’6" - 6’
5’ - 5’5"
4’8" - 5’