OT: NCAA Women's Swimming

[FormerlyHighLifeRebel]

Quit trolling. Yes, these conditions do exist. But the frequency is 1 in 100,000; 1 in 30,000; 1 in 5,000; and 1 in 10,000. The vast majority of these people are not going to be athletes. So this is a red herring.

Those aren't the only conditions. Your statement that sex is determined exclusively by chromosomes is objectively wrong. The IAAF and the IOC both abolished chromosomal testing in the 1990's, recognizing that it was not conclusive as to sex.

Sex determination in general is substantially more complicated than what we were taught in 8th grade. Here's a primer for anyone actually interested in learning: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2658794/

Sex determination in sports through testing has been fraught with controversy for decades, and there are no easy answers.

Finally, you don't know what a red herring is.

 

[PooPopsBaldHead]

Please, tell us whatView attachment 23548 a red herring is.


And by the way, it's pretty simple in competition. If you're birth defects give you an advantage, you don't get compete in that group. We wouldn't let Andre the Giant fight for the flyweight title because of a pituitary gland issue now would we.