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DemonGoddess

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3. Shameful doesn't begin to cover this attitude.

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Mon Aug 19, 2024, 08:07 AM

Aug 2024

What about women with PCOS? Do these people not understand that condition elevates testosterone levels? So, if a woman athlete has PCOS, she then has to face the very real possibility of being disqualified because of her medical condition?

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Chromosome Count: Who Gets to Decide Which Athletes Are 'Feminine Enough' to Compete? [View all] niyad Aug 2024 OP

Shameful. MIsguided is an understatement. Passages Aug 2024 #1

They stopped doing genetic testing in 2000. Mosby Aug 2024 #2

Shameful doesn't begin to cover this attitude. DemonGoddess Aug 2024 #3