Transgender Professional Athletes

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by vagina

The photos are meant to show what females are supposed to compete against.

Especially in a sport like ultimate fighting, it's dangerous to put a transitioned male bodied person in the ring or cage with a female. Fallon probably has that muscular body working out 1 hour a day. A female would have to devote her whole life and 8 hours a day to training to get a muscular physique that is nowhere near Fallon's.

She has no testicles. She actually has less testosterone than you do, as she can no longer produce any. YOU are making testosterone. SHE (that would be transgender female), isn't.

SO, her body is from working as hard or harder than the other women.

[Allison W]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

She has no testicles. She actually has less testosterone than you do, as she can no longer produce any. YOU are making testosterone. SHE (that would be transgender female), isn't.

SO, her body is from working as hard or harder than the other women.

Actually, her adrenal glands can still produce testosterone, but this is true for non-trans women as well.

[Corkey]

Originally Posted by Allison W

Actually, her adrenal glands can still produce testosterone, but this is true for non-trans women as well.

At a reduced rate, not at the rate of a cismale, thank you for joining the discussion.

[Allison W]

Originally Posted by Corkey

At a reduced rate, not at the rate of a cismale, thank you for joining the discussion.

I'd assumed that was implied in the qualifier that it's also true for non-trans women, whom no one argues produce testosterone at the same rate as men, but thank you for the clarification.

[Corkey]

Originally Posted by Allison W

I'd assumed that was implied in the qualifier that it's also true for non-trans women, whom no one argues produce testosterone at the same rate as men, but thank you for the clarification.

LOL not for my edification I assure you. *

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Allison W

Actually, her adrenal glands can still produce testosterone, but this is true for non-trans women as well.

Yes, ok, I went a bit extreme with that. What I was trying to get across is that it is likely that the cis women she is fighting are producing more testosterone than her. Or at least that is my understanding?

Originally Posted by Corkey

At a reduced rate, not at the rate of a cismale, thank you for joining the discussion.

Thanks for the follow up, as I wouldn't want that point lost...as that reason for the argument that Fox should be allowed to participate with women fighters.