Setting limits on serum maximums for testosterone is dangerous. If one group of woman (trans woman) have to be tested, then all women should be tested. All people regardless of birth assignment create testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone. There are cisgender women with naturally increased androgens, and PCOS which also causes a rise in testosterone. The normal levels of testosterone in a cisgender woman is 15-70ng/dL.
Testosterone is responsible for over 200 actions in the body such as: reproductive health, growth, bone density, new blood cell production, and overall health. This article states: "The UCI’s new rules follow similar new rules instituted by the International Associations of Athletics Federation, which in October, passed its own set of rules governing transgender female participation. The IAAF rules also lowered the testosterone serum levels from 10 nanomoles/liter to 5 nm/L." Meaning stricter rules for transgender women, that does not even align with their cisgender counterparts' levels of testosterone. The governing bodies mentioned above, are actually requiring trans women to have a level dangerously below that of a cisgender female. Plus, exercise increases one's testosterone. As a result, many cisgender women who compete in sports have a higher testosterone than that of their cisgender peers, who do not compete in athletics. There are risk factors associated with low levels of testosterone. Low testosterone can cause one or more of the following symptoms in women:
This is #Unhealthy #Dangerous #GateKeeping
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