In 2016 the International Olympic committee ruled that transgender athletes can compete in the Olympics without undergoing sex reassignment surgery. In 2018 the International Association of Athletics Federations, track’s governing body, ruled that women who have more than 5 nano-mols per liter of testosterone in their blood—like South African sprinter and Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya—must either compete against men, or take medication to reduce their natural testosterone levels. The IAAF stated that women in the five-plus category have a “difference of sexual…
Read more28% Yes |
72% No |
26% Yes |
70% No |
2% Yes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete |
2% No, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate |
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Unique answers from Russia users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
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Let the sports organisations decide
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No, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate, and only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete
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No, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate, and their hormone levels must be equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete
@963G4232yrs2Y
Very complicated, I don’t know
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