Testosterone reducing medication (TRM) is not for the faint of heart.Keith wrote: ↑August 17th, 2022, 5:12 pmYou do realise that taking testosterone reducing medication doesn't just magically make you weak enough to compete fairly with women?Laighin Break wrote: ↑August 17th, 2022, 2:40 pmI'm not quite sure what your point is. Your personal anecdote doesn't prove or disprove anything. I'm sure there are other men out there who have met plenty of women more powerful than them, and even more so if they took testosterone reducing medication.the spoofer wrote: ↑August 14th, 2022, 5:16 pm
I disagree with you fundamentally. I have never met a woman who was within a street of me in terms of physical power when I was playing J1 rugby. It is absolutely moronic to think that trans women should play against women. RTE interviewed a trans women who plays in the UK about how hurt she is and that she never felt that she was more powerful than non trans. It was only at the end that it was mentioned that she is 54 and only took up rugby 4 years ago!
I see it as not a black and white issue - I don't think all trans women should be banned from playing, but I can see cases where there should restrictions put in place. And I really don't see what's moronic about that
The two most common side affects seem to be fatigue and maybe more worrying osteoporosis (not good in a contact sport).
So there is another very important health and safety element to all of this which should be considered carefully by anyone taking TRM.
While it might be a slightly red herring thing to add in, the insurance companies will surely be taking this sort of thing very serious too.