The fact that we don't hear many cis women talking about this probably tells us that a large portion of affected cis women are ambivalent to this. I know this to be the case for almost all of my female athlete friends - there is, of course, selection bias there, since I live in a large, liberal city on the east coast.

I view the rules for trans women entering the women's field the same way I view the construction of anti doping rules - I don't personally form an opinion on which various medications should be allowed in or out of competition. WADA has a lot of very smart experts who work on that, and I (generally) trust their judgement and scientific knowledge and therefore expect my fellow competitors to follow those rules as they exist at any given time. Similarly, consensus committees with detailed scientific knowledge should be charged with detailing the parameters for trans women competing in the women's field.

It is quite possible that the determination made almost 20 years ago merits some updating because we have much more data from more trans women athletes, and because the world has evolved in many ways. Purportedly, it was hypothesized that the advantage of male puberty was canceled out by the stress of being transgender in society and dealing with the extreme emotional and physical difficulties of transitioning. Is it possible that society has evolved such that these stresses are lower? That would be excellent new for transgender people - and it may also mean that the previous consensus should be reviewed *by experts through the lens of new data and research* - but not by a layperson. Again, all are allowed to have thoughts and opinions, but the consensus from the experts is what matters in practice.