Your Clue has Left the Building
Written by: Beck
How does
this make any sense?
Transsexuals were cleared Monday to compete in the Olympics for the first time.
Under a proposal approved by the IOC executive board, athletes who have undergone sex-change surgery will be eligible for the Olympics if their new gender has been legally recognized and they have gone through a minimum two-year period of postoperative hormone therapy...
The decision, which covers both male-to-female and female-to-male cases, goes into effect starting with the Athens Olympics in August.
The IOC at least acknowledges that male-to-female transsexuals will have an advantage, but dismiss the point entirely via the asinine conclusion that 2 years of post-op hormone therapy wipes out the advantage.
Men have higher levels of testosterone and greater muscle-to-fat ratio and heart and lung capacity. However, doctors say, testosterone levels and muscle mass drop after hormone therapy and sex-change surgery.
I assume I don't need to explain the flaws & problems with this line of reasoning?
Perhaps I should just relax and be amused. After all, this policy change results in the feel-your-pain ultra-sensitivity crowd potentially alienating one of their key support groups.
