In 2016 the International Olympic committee ruled that transgender athletes can compete in the Olympics without undergoing sex reassignment surgery. In 2018 the International Association of Athletics Federations, track’s governing body, ruled that women who have more than 5 nano-mols per liter of testosterone in their blood—like South African sprinter and Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya—must either compete against men, or take medication to reduce their natural testosterone levels. The IAAF stated that women in the five-plus category have a “difference of sexual…
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Response rates from 716 Liberal Conservatism voters.
47% Yes |
53% No |
31% Yes |
44% No |
16% Yes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete |
9% No, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate |
0% No, create a separate category for transgender athletes to compete against each other |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 716 Liberal Conservatism voters.
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Unique answers from Liberal Conservatism voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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Make an own category for transgender people
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Stay the government out of this and let decide the Sport companies
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Stay the government out of this and let the organizators and private enterprises decide
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Stay the government out of this and let the organizators decide themselves
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