Sexual development disorders and gender dysphoria are categorizes that need to added to the Paralympics. The Paralympics are inclusive and held parallel to the Olympics.
ya, it is testosterone limitation, from testes or elsewhere, if you are over, its over.
Not true. The testosterone limit was only put in place for DSD athletes. If a 100% biological female for some very strange reason happened to have higher testosterone then they would still be allowed to run.
This is incorrect. 100% biological females never have testosterone in the male range.
There is no overlap between the range of testosterone in males and females.
(with the excepion of polycystic ovary syndrome, but those women are not healthy enough to be elite athletes).
High levels of testosterone (hyperandrogenism) occurs in about "5% of women of reproductive age" with multiple causes including PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome), which accounts for about "70% of hyperandrogenism cases." CAH (Congenital adrenal hyperplasia) also shows up in a number of these kinds of discussions.
Hyperandrogenism is a medical condition characterized by high levels of androgens. It is more common in women than men. Symptoms of hyperandrogenism may include acne, seborrhea, hair loss on the scalp, increased body or facia...
Niki Hiltz claims to be a man. Then SHE needs to run in the MEN'S division. Gee, I wonder why SHE doesn't. Tired of hearing about this nonsense non-stop for 6 years now.
Answer is pretty easy. While Hiltz, to my knowledge, intends to transition, currently still meets all biological requirements for female competitors. Has not taken hormones, is not intersex, etc..
I dont disagree with you. But hiltz also says that any man who identifies as a women should compete with women because "it literally causes them to commit suicide if you dont". Therein lies her hypocrisy. Is it harming her thst she can't compete with the sex she identifies at? No. And its not harming the men who pretend to be women either.
She was the first biological woman in that race. The farse of having all three medalists being males with sexual development disorders set the wheels in motion for rule changes that saw them being ruled ineligible for women's category.
Semenya still refuses to be totally honest. Semenya keeps spreading the same misinformation that reporters have used for years saying "my body produces an elevated level of testosterone. " 100% false! Semenya's testes produces the same NORMAL amount of testosterone that all other biological males produce.
Was going to say the same thing about not being completely honest.
Semenya forgot to mention that (s)he has internal testes, no ovaries, no uterus.
Semenya may not have fathered the child, but other people with the same DSD have viable sperm that can be extracted from their internal testes and are the biological father of their offspring.
I really felt this video was helpful to explain the difference.
Basically, regardless of the specific intersex condition, gametes are typically either large and immobile, or small and mobile. There's not an intermediate gamete that is medium size and medium speed.
Caster's gametes may be infertile, but that doesn't actually change their size and shape. And they discuss, that's what makes the male seahorses male in the seahorse example. Even though the males carry the pouch, what constitutes the "male" seahorse is still defined by whose gamete is small and fast.
People with these conditions can be very phenotypically female, even much more so than Caster, and so they would reasonably think they are female, being raised as female since birth, and would reasonably be upset when that belief is contradicted.
But at the end of the day, understanding that Caster is a victim in this, she certainly didn't choose any of this, or cause any of this. And treating her with sensitivity and dignity as she deserves. Still, there's no evidence that she produces large immobile gametes.
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Niki Hiltz claims to be a man. Then SHE needs to run in the MEN'S division. Gee, I wonder why SHE doesn't. Tired of hearing about this nonsense non-stop for 6 years now.
Didn’t you know that categories are sex based, not gender based? Nikki biological sex is female, why wouldn’t biologically female athletes be allowed to compete in the female category, regardless of their gender identity?