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Caster Semenya, forced to take gender test, is a woman ... and a man
NY daily News ^ | Thursday, September 10th 2009, 1:50 PM

Posted on 09/10/2009 2:22:19 PM PDT by Perdogg

Tests show that controversial runner Caster Semenya is a woman ...and a man!

The 18-year-old South African champ has no womb or ovaries and her testosterone levels are more than three times higher than those of a normal female, according to reports.

The tests, ordered by The International Association of Athletics Federations after Semenya's 800-meter victory in the World Championships, determined she's a hermaphrodite - having both male and female organs.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Sports
KEYWORDS: dna; hermaphrodite; semenya
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; Lazamataz
"Here’s a serious question: Who would “hit it?” LOL"

Laz?

81 posted on 09/10/2009 3:56:56 PM PDT by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: Colvin

Me, too. It’s got to be difficult for her/him.


82 posted on 09/10/2009 3:57:03 PM PDT by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Who would “hit it?”

Eddie Murphy?
83 posted on 09/10/2009 4:01:02 PM PDT by CowboyJay (RiNO - It's 'what's for dinner'...)
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To: definitelynotaliberal
There are also pseudohermaphrodites who transform at puberty from female to male. I'm not talking about birth but about after puberty and into adulthood. At that point, most hermaphrodites should have a pretty good grasp of what they are and want to be and I don't think it would be all that difficult to create a working distinction between a penis and enlarged female genitalia. Because if dividing men and women into separate groups based on genitalia isn't sound, then we should just give up on separate restrooms and locker rooms and just pile everyone together.
84 posted on 09/10/2009 4:03:02 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: bgill

I read that Semenya has “undescended testes.”


85 posted on 09/10/2009 4:04:48 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Thank God for giving you what you need, rather than what you want.)
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To: definitelynotaliberal
Should the "Barbara" in this article be able to use the ladies room?
86 posted on 09/10/2009 4:06:21 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: allmendream
Not just Buffy but also River on Firefly. With the addition of Dollhouse, I'm convinced Joss Whedon has some serious issues to work out with a shrink.

As for men being smarter than women, men are both smarter and dumber because their bell curve is broader. I can see someone not understanding all of that. But it's just nuts that people don't grasp that strength comes from, well, muscle mass.

87 posted on 09/10/2009 4:11:24 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: Question_Assumptions
River had super powers also, she could read your mind and THEN kick your a$$. ;)

And the “issues” that Joss was working on is that most men like seeing women kick a bit of buttocks, even if it is unrealistic.

And yes, women tend towards the median a lot more than men; but the median IQ of a man is higher than that of a woman.

88 posted on 09/10/2009 4:14:13 PM PDT by allmendream
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To: Question_Assumptions

Strength does indeed come from muscle mass. Size does matter.


89 posted on 09/10/2009 4:15:06 PM PDT by allmendream
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To: allmendream

There is a reason why boys need fathers and discipline. Testosterone in the unprepared can be dangerous as illustrated by the nightly news.


90 posted on 09/10/2009 4:28:47 PM PDT by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: dangerdoc
Like I said, they love the stuff. Puts the pep back into their sex life like nothing they have ever experienced, but the side effects are disconcerting.

Hearing the shock in the woman's voice when they described the sudden rage and desire to give the beat down to someone for some minor infraction just cracked me up. Sweet feminine voices saying.....

“oh my! it was so strange, she cut me off in traffic and I wanted to pull her out of her car by the hair and beat her! I never felt like that before in my life!”

Then hearing they were on a fraction of the dose that men have every day just made me die laughing.

91 posted on 09/10/2009 4:53:53 PM PDT by allmendream
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To: Perdogg
XX or XY or some other combo?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersexuality#Conditions

92 posted on 09/10/2009 4:57:24 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: CowboyJay

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1z09v_triumph-the-insult-comic-dog-bon-jo_animals

Language Alert.

Connection to your Eddie Murphy joke at 2:30 in. Enjoy.


93 posted on 09/10/2009 5:05:33 PM PDT by allmendream
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To: allmendream

I’m going to be pedantic here. Studies have demonstrated that androgen resistant XY females are likely to be slightly less intelligent than close relatives, but they are still in the average intelligence range. The difference is statistically significant, but not really life-changing. We’re talking a difference of like, four to nine IQ points.


94 posted on 09/10/2009 5:05:56 PM PDT by sugaree
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To: Perdogg

I’d hit it.


95 posted on 09/10/2009 5:07:01 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Tagline pawned: Ticket Number 1032983. Redeem by Oct 4, 2009.)
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To: T Minus Four

Probably a clitoris and a vagina. From reading, it sounds like her external bits look female, and the testes are tucked completely within. I think that’s the most common set-up with hermaphrodites.

But geez if all this makes me feel like I’m really invading her privacy.


96 posted on 09/10/2009 5:08:32 PM PDT by sugaree
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To: sugaree

Interesting.

I always remember that particular angle because my buddy Derrick (aka Derelict) said “where can I meet one of these women?” after being told of their inability to become pregnant, their large breasts, and their lessened intellectual capacity.


97 posted on 09/10/2009 5:09:06 PM PDT by allmendream
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To: bgill

Her full name is Mokgadi Caster Semenya. I have no idea if Mokgadi and Caster are traditional African girl’s names, but I don’t think her name has anything to do with Castor and Pollux.


98 posted on 09/10/2009 5:11:55 PM PDT by sugaree
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To: allmendream

LOL—I am sure that their intellectual capacity is not lowered to the extent that Derrick would hope.


99 posted on 09/10/2009 5:14:20 PM PDT by sugaree
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To: sugaree

No doubt! ;)


100 posted on 09/10/2009 5:17:54 PM PDT by allmendream
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