Patrick: Biological differences make men in women's sports completely unfair
Danica Patrick · Why is Everyone so Emotionally Fragile? (ft. Danica Patrick) · Aug 20, 2024 · at 35:46
Former professional racing driver Danica Patrick shares her view on biological sex categories and fairness in athletics with Codie Sanchez.
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“There are some true hormonal, physiological reasons why men should not compete in women's sports when it comes to strength, when it comes to power size. Those things are really different, and when men have at least 10 times the testosterone that women do, which is something that helps build lean muscle mass and gives you size and mass and power, it's totally unfair. Like, it's not fair at all. So I don't agree with it.”
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