A new ruling allows women who have high levels of testosterone to compete against other women. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.

Was this ruling correct? Should women with high testosterone be allow to compete with other women? Let us know in the comments below.

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“The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled today that Dutee Chand, a 19-year-old Indian sprinter, could continue to race despite her higher-than-normal levels of testosterone. It’s a critical case for female athletes like Chand, who have been subjected to various forms of “gender testing” to verify that they are woman enough to compete.

Chand was a national champion by the time she was 16, when she became the country’s 18-and-under champion for the 100-meter race in 2012. But then, in 2014, Chand was banned from competing because of her hyperandrogenism—a high level of naturally-occurring testosterone in women.

Hyperandrogenism can render an athlete ineligible if her testosterone levels are too high; by the International Association of Athletics Federations’ standards, it’s 10 nanomoles of testosterone per liter. That’s because higher testosterone levels are believed to give female competitors an unfair advantage, the same way taking steroids would. The problem is that hyperandrogenism occurs naturally, sometimes from conditions like polycystic ovarian symdrome, which skews the balance of hormones in women and affects as many as one in ten women.”