Posted on 08/22/2009 7:53:01 AM PDT by traumer
Which one is he/she? On the left?
Wow. They can turn up Caster Semenya’s original birth certificate, but not 0bama’s.
Is she an hermaphrodite or what? If not, and she doesn’t have the male equipment, then what’s the issue?
What is the big deal? Stand her on her head and take a look.
Attractive family..................
Caster is a castrated man. Whatever else it is, there ain't no girl in it.
Paging Crocodile Dundee . . . .
*snort*
After looking at the picture with the article, I decided “that’s not your mother, that’s a man, baby!”
Hi Casta and . . . Sanka? Is that you??
Laugh of the day. Such a mental image! LOL.
If one cares to read this piece of journalism, one could credit the writer with trying to educate as well as inform. Perhaps readers of the article are not in the mood for a bit of a preach here, but I will risk it. Millions of human beings are born and nearly always it comes up as the good Lord intended.
I read where the International Olympic Committee has a certain policy regarding this kind of situation. The athlete comes first, but..... On this kind of testing, if it is found the male characteristics are greater than the female ones, the athelete is declared male. Also vice-versa.
I am glad to see more information on Stella Walsh. I was surprised to learn she had married briefly. She did have male characteristics though. She was registered as female at birth, I believe. We should count ourselves very lucky. IMHO
Caster Semenya looks quite a bit like the, I presume, younger brother. The younger sister you can readily ID as female, so whatever is going on, it apparently isn’t familial, but there could still be kin with similar traits, I suppose. Anabolic steroid abuse from a young age would pretty thoroughly masculinize a girl, as well as various, chromosomal anomalies.
Well, I’m sure all they say about genes and hormones is correct but I’m not sure I buy the bit about ambiguous genitalia. It seems to happen but is it the case in this runner or not? If that’s not the case then she’s a woman, case closed. And, even if the equipment was removed it should be completely straightforward to determine.
In retrospect my post has seemed a bit preachy. I do recognize that it is healthy to try to defuse a situation with a few jokes on the subject.
A variety of views and takes on a subject is alway great on FR.
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