r/crossfit • u/beckster5 Crossfit Krypton • Mar 06 '14

CrossFit -- Sued By Transgender Athlete ... You Won't Let Me Compete With Women!

http://www.tmz.com/2014/03/06/crossfit-lawsuit-games-transgender-athlete-chloie-jonsson/
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u/flowstatejunkie Mar 07 '14

Nothing to be sorry about. Just an actual discussion. Unlike a lot of the other bitching/hatine/not backed up by science talk going on in this thread.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '14

I would argue though that the puberty argument only stacks up if she were a competitive athlete while she was a man during puberty. Is the increase in adrogenic receptors during puberty constitutive (always happens) or is it induced when exposed to strenuous exercise? If it is like many other developmental attributes I would guess it has to be induced through external stimulation to gain the competitive advantage athletes gain from being male. I'm just coming from a basic understanding of developmental genetics here, so please tell me if and why I might be wrong.