Yes. Also, I don’t care about her vagina. That’s not the point. The point is that having a Y chromosome likely means her body has experienced heightened testosterone her whole life, which makes her much more physically capable than a normal woman whose body would not have experienced heightened testosterone levels. That basically means it’s unsafe for her more normal competitors to get in the ring against her, same as it would be to put her up against Hafthor Björnsson.
All Olympic athletes should be genetically tested for these things, so they can compete in the right class/heat/category.
you do know why the presence of a Y chromosome is typically correlated with higher testosterone levels, right?
there is a protein called SRY whose presence causes the gonads develop as testes (which produce tetosterone).
In individuals with Swyer’s syndrome, however, the SRY protein is absent, and so the gonads develop as nonfunctioning ovaries.
Ergo, the claim that a person with Swyer’s syndrome “experience[s] heightened testosterone” is false, because people with swyer’s syndrome have ovaries, not testicles. In fact they are typically prescribed similar hormone therapy to trans women, because left untreated they would have hormone levels comparable to prepubescent children, not “elevated levels of testosterone”.
Please at least take the two seconds to google what you’re even talking about before using it as a fig leaf for your own misogyny and transphobia, thanks.
Yes. Also, I don’t care about her vagina. That’s not the point. The point is that having a Y chromosome likely means her body has experienced heightened testosterone her whole life, which makes her much more physically capable than a normal woman whose body would not have experienced heightened testosterone levels. That basically means it’s unsafe for her more normal competitors to get in the ring against her, same as it would be to put her up against Hafthor Björnsson.
All Olympic athletes should be genetically tested for these things, so they can compete in the right class/heat/category.
Cool. Thanks for letting me know you don’t belong here. We do not allow ableist bigotry.
you do know why the presence of a Y chromosome is typically correlated with higher testosterone levels, right?
there is a protein called SRY whose presence causes the gonads develop as testes (which produce tetosterone).
In individuals with Swyer’s syndrome, however, the SRY protein is absent, and so the gonads develop as nonfunctioning ovaries.
Ergo, the claim that a person with Swyer’s syndrome “experience[s] heightened testosterone” is false, because people with swyer’s syndrome have ovaries, not testicles. In fact they are typically prescribed similar hormone therapy to trans women, because left untreated they would have hormone levels comparable to prepubescent children, not “elevated levels of testosterone”.
Please at least take the two seconds to google what you’re even talking about before using it as a fig leaf for your own misogyny and transphobia, thanks.