At a national level, likely. I played womens rugby, and stated testosterone while playing. Started October, season ended early may. I had to play womens until my marker was changed. Now I’d have to play men’s because I’m legally male. It’s also very rare for rugby players to even make national teams.
This is how transphobia hurts everyone. They really think they can always tell, but how many cisgendered women have they harassed in the last few weeks alone?
Isn’t testosterone a banned drug under literally any doping testing authority? Can cis women take test too, or for that matter, tren or dbol for an edge?
I don’t know many cis women who would willingly take testosterone, or any anabolic steroid. Something about the masculizing effects aren’t exactly favourable to cis women.
Every single serious competitor in a sport. Otherwise what’s the point in drug testing women’s divisions at all? Every steroid is testosterone, dht, 19nortestosterone or a derivative of it.
If you’re saying women have no incentive to take PEDs, I would disagree.
Don’t put words into my mouth please.
I never said women have no incentive to take PEDs, but I am saying that it’s not as common as men, and very unlikely for women to take them.
That’s not to say that it never happens - but I think it’s faaaar less than what the assumption seems to be here.
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u/ThePlotTwisterr---- Aug 13 '24
Rugby is also a sport that has a blanket ban on all transgender participants in women’s divisions