Commentary
World Athletics (WA), the international governing body for the sport of athletics, recently banned transgender women from competing in women’s events at international competitions. Some researchers were quick to criticize the decision, suggesting that it was discriminatory and based on no scientific evidence.
More recently, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said told CNN that he opposes transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, arguing that “biological males” pose a direct threat to the integrity of women’s athletics.
He’s right. Research clearly shows that biological males have higher oxygen-carrying capacities than biological females. On average, men are faster and stronger than women. Moreover, they have less body fat, bigger muscles, larger hearts, and larger lungs….