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Katherine O'Connor's avatar

Evolution doesn’t play politics or care what an individual would prefer. Deforming and sterilizing a healthy young body makes no sense from an evolutionary perspective. And IMHO, it doesn’t make logical or scientific sense either…and yet. What a waste of potential.

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Erin O'Connor's avatar

I think most people assume that testosterone is not a factor until puberty. This is why so much of the debate around this subject has centered on whether the athlete in question has undergone male puberty. You are making the point that that is an irrelevant and inappropriate threshold, and that meaningful sexual dimorphism begins in the womb, when testosterone begins to be secreted. The issue was not simply whether biological men should be allowed to participate in women's sports, but whether biological boys should be allowed to participate in girls' sports.

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