Ray Cyst wrote:
Armstronglivs wrote:
All you are saying is that provided they are XX it is fair they should be able to compete as women, when - putting all your pseudo-medical jargon to one side - if they exceed the IAAF testosterone limit that means that have balls - like other men - and balls that work, which is how they can have male levels of testosterone. It's just unfortunate for the great majority of their female competitors that they were unlucky enough to born without them.
The further issue, which you have ducked, is that there is no confirmation that the competitors involved are in fact XX. This is so far only a claim by the Namibian authorities. I have seen it reported that they withdrew the runners from the team after it was disclosed they had exceeded the testosterone limits, and it wasn't a ban imposed by the IAAF. If the runners were in compliance with the rules because the IAAF t-limits don't apply to XX runners, then why were they withdrawn? The obvious answer is they are not XX.
You have always had a hard time understanding simple concepts. It's clear this isn't a train of thought that you can easily follow so maybe you should sit this one out. I've beat this horse to death and the point has already been clearly made. Some get it and others don't. At this point, if you are in the "not getting it" group, there is little hope you ever will.
That is called humbug.
What I do get - that you skirt as though it is irrelevant - is that for these individuals to be XX and yet have male levels of testosterone is that they must have functioning testicles - like almost all males do. But in your misguided passion for inclusivity at all costs this doesn't bother you when it comes to women's sport.
Nor do you address the point that it appears the Namibian authorities scratched the runners on their own initiative once the results of the tests came through, which they would not choose to do or be required to do if the runners were XX and therefore exempt from the t-limit rules, as you argue they are.