[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

I agree Ammi I'm leaning heavily toward this not being a "gender politics" issue but a much more complicated situation involving a potential intersex condition. With that being the case, I actually would generally consider it to be legitimate for her to compete in women's sports generally; it's a rare example, and she is not and has never been male, which makes it very different to someone who has chosen to transition. I would not, for example, take issue with her competing in a running event, or any other non contact event, even if she was totally dominating that event.

BUT...

My caveat here would be, in physical contact sport and especially combat sport the primary consideration should always be safety... and if there's found to be a disproportionate strength advantage (that is, a level of strength that would not normally be achievable by others fighting in the same category without hormonal/chemical enhancement) then I think it's ultimately fair to say that unfortunately they can't safely and fairly fight in that category.

The regulator's balance always should skew to what's safe over and above what's fair, if we're being sensible. That's the case in all areas IMO.

Its not just increased punching power its increased punch resistance , stamina and aggressive


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[user104658]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Its not just increased punching power its increased punch resistance , stamina and aggressive


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"Aggressive" is debatable it's not a natural advantage, it's a choice/tactic that anyone could use, or not use. The rest of it all comes under physical advantage so isn't really relevant. For the record I am against actual trans women taking part in any women's sport professionally but it's increasingly looking like that's not the situation here.