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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by aucisson_masque on Friday March 27, 2026 @04:53AM (#47540363)
It's not comparable, Michal Phelps didn't chose to have long arms and it's genetically possible that other athletes have the same attributes.

You will never find a woman that has the same testosterone levels that a man identifying as a woman.. it's genetically impossible and that's unfair.

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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by sevenseacat on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:41AM (#47541032)
That makes no sense. A decent percentage of women would have higher testosterone levels than some men, due to various hormonal conditions like PCOS.
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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by aucisson_masque on Saturday March 28, 2026 @06:44PM (#47558743)
Most testosterone values in PCOS will be ≤150 ng/dL (≤5.2 nmol/L).

Men, especially athlete, are around 30 nmol/l. At the very least 6 times over your weird case scenario.

I'm sorry but women don't have testicles so they can't naturally produce high levels of testosterone, you won't be able to twist stuffs enough and make scenario weird enough to prove that.

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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by thrance on Friday March 27, 2026 @08:00AM (#47541652)
> Michal Phelps didn't chose to have long arms

Oh, and Khelif chose to have a female phenotype so she could compete in the female category in the Olympics? Get real. There are many other women in the same situation.

> You will never find a woman that has the same testosterone levels that a man identifying as a woman

Uh, yes you will... The entire purpose of taking estrogen is to bring down testosterone to female-level.

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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by aucisson_masque on Saturday March 28, 2026 @06:45PM (#47558749)
> Uh, yes you will... The entire purpose of taking estrogen is to bring down testosterone to female-level.

Ever heard of testicles ?

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