strange_loops

> The effects of testosterone in the womb

Can you point me to some studies around fetal testosterone?

> Given the importance that some countries give to winning the games, e.g China and Russia, might they push to have more MtF athletes of their own.

Are you suggesting that they might force some of their athletes to transition in order to gain an advantage at the olympics? These societies are not friendly to trans people in general, so I have some doubts they would elevate people who pursued transition themselves.

How many minorities are you willing to apply this to? And in how many areas of life and society?

There is a great deal of panic in recent years about transwomen competing alongside ciswomen in athletic events, but how much data do we actually have on this? Are these instances of success just outliers and transwomen not even placing, ignored?

How many areas of life and society are we willing to exclude a minority from before we are satisfied that the playing field is leveled? How many minorities are we willing to target?

This is a complicated, messy issue and society at large isn't going to be perfect at it in these early days. Knee-jerk reactions, like those we're seeing from conservative politicians, are hurting people who don't have the power to fight back.

In how many areas of life do we "just exclude them" when speaking of minorities to create an ideal ecosystem? This is a slippery slope.

> Male hormones in the womb

Can you expand on this? I've not heard of fetuses being affected by androgens before.