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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by tdb7893 on Thursday March 26, 2026 @03:39PM (#47534726)
From a biological perspective, the women being banned here are not just men and as far as I'm aware cannot realistically compete in the men's division any more than any other woman. Practically these changes bar women athletes with certain medical differences from competing in the Olympics.

I'm not an expert so idk whether that's fair or not but that's what this decision is doing.

Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by frumplestlatz on Thursday March 26, 2026 @03:55PM (#47534925)
Can you define what you mean when you use the word “women” here?

My understanding is that these are males.

Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by tdb7893 on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:24PM (#47535260)
Like most things in biologicy, categorization is a nightmare unless you have a very specific use case in mind. In this case I'm talking about women phenotypically and socially (including self-identity) and especially athletes assigned female at birth. These women are clearly not just "males".
Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by frumplestlatz on Thursday March 26, 2026 @05:07PM (#47535744)
As far as I understand the ontology of human phenotype, it is unchanged by use of cross-sex hormone therapy.
Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by yostrovs on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:34PM (#47535368)
I'm barred from the Olympics, due to my too short legs and flat-footedness, for the high jump event.
Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by mikkupikku on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:27AM (#47540931)
We can fix this, we have the technology. A pair of spring boots should do the trick.
Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by mitthrowaway2 on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:48PM (#47535521)
To be fair, that could be said of many other medical conditions as well, especially chromosomal abnormalities such as Down Syndrome. Many humans, from the moment they are born and through no fault of their own, have virtually no hope of ever competing in the Olympics let alone winning, just because at such competitive extremes, any significant genetic disadvantage takes you out of the running.