After I sent that message, I realized it was not fair for me to ask you to provide sources I could easily look up myself, so I just looked a few up myself and found some similar results as you did. Overall the data is still lacking or incomplete, and you also see studies like this…
Perhaps the NIH (ncbi) has an agenda? It’s been over a decade since I got my BA in neuroscience, but I can see the value of both arguments. I’m sure your qualifications to speak on this are just as high, if not higher than mine.
I get that my logic is not perfect, and I don’t think we should be pandering to the neonazis or the neoliberals. The wisest solution is not always the most logical, however, and we must pick our battles - new ones every few years. We need pragmatic legislation that helps everyone, before we start to address niche difficult issues like transgender equality in sports.
For now, I still think a bandaid solution is best; Trans women of any age cannot compete with cis women unless it’s expressly allowed by the regulatory committee of that particular sport - i.e. in an open division or in a sport where physical traits are not a statistical predictor of success.
That would help liberals and republicans get off this merry-go-round of absurd hypotheticals and focus on the major issues happening now, affecting us all.
Leaving stuff up the governing bodies is literally how it used to be and is the thing trans people are arguing for lol. Republicans want us banned at a federal level.
After I sent that message, I realized it was not fair for me to ask you to provide sources I could easily look up myself, so I just looked a few up myself and found some similar results as you did. Overall the data is still lacking or incomplete, and you also see studies like this…
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7846503/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9331831/
Perhaps the NIH (ncbi) has an agenda? It’s been over a decade since I got my BA in neuroscience, but I can see the value of both arguments. I’m sure your qualifications to speak on this are just as high, if not higher than mine.
I get that my logic is not perfect, and I don’t think we should be pandering to the neonazis or the neoliberals. The wisest solution is not always the most logical, however, and we must pick our battles - new ones every few years. We need pragmatic legislation that helps everyone, before we start to address niche difficult issues like transgender equality in sports.
For now, I still think a bandaid solution is best; Trans women of any age cannot compete with cis women unless it’s expressly allowed by the regulatory committee of that particular sport - i.e. in an open division or in a sport where physical traits are not a statistical predictor of success.
That would help liberals and republicans get off this merry-go-round of absurd hypotheticals and focus on the major issues happening now, affecting us all.
Leaving stuff up the governing bodies is literally how it used to be and is the thing trans people are arguing for lol. Republicans want us banned at a federal level.