SCIENCE COMES TO CONCLUSION ON TRANSGENDER ATHLETES
In recent months and years, the issue of whether or not transgender women should be permitted to compete in women’s sports has become hotly and fiercely debated, but a recent study provides some very interesting conclusions, suggesting that transgender women may actually be at a disadvantage to other women.
According to a recent study financed by the International Olympic Committee, transgender women do not have the clear physical and athletic benefits over other women that critics seem to believe that they do. In fact, there are several areas where transgender women have a disadvantage compared to other women.
“A new study financed by the International Olympic Committee found that transgender female athletes showed greater handgrip strength — an indicator of overall muscle strength — but lower jumping ability, lung function and relative cardiovascular fitness compared with women whose gender was assigned female at birth,” the New York Times reported.
“That data, which also compared trans women with men, contradicted a broad claim often made by proponents of rules that bar transgender women from competing in women’s sports. It also led the study’s authors to caution against a rush to expand such policies, which already bar transgender athletes from a handful of Olympic sports.”
Obviously, this is some pretty significant news, and it led to a lot of reactions on social media.
We’ll have to see how this influences policies regarding transgender athletes.
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