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hlthe2b

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4. I get that. But what is your answer to this issue?
Tue May 31, 2022, 07:39 PM
May 2022

Should we consider gender to be one big continuum and everyone competes against each other (in sports)? Somehow I'm not sure I see the fairness of that approach. There are androgen-associated muscular and musculoskeletal advantages for those whose critically-timed development included high circulating levels. I've seen nothing to suggest those effects all disappear--certainly not skeletal nor most muscular development-- when no longer under the influence of androgenic hormones. Does that necessarily make the difference in competition? Not always, clearly. I don't know the right answer, that's for sure.

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