This may run counter to some on here, but I’m sort of with Semenya on this... she isn’t “transgender” or taking steroids. Sure she is abnormal physically, but she’s still a woman gender-wise. She just produces more testosterone in her body than others. She shouldn’t have to take drugs to suppress her natural-born chemical makeup just to compete. Steroids or Transgender, I can see disqualification, but naturally-occurring hormones... no.
Since I think black men have 20 percent more testosterone than white men, you would have to give every black player some sort of testosterone depressant to make the playing field even.
Like affirmative action does when it comes to smarts.
Caster Semenya is not female.
“She” has male sex glands, testes, internally. “She” has no ovaries or uterus. Has never, obviously, menstruated. She does not have XX chromosomes. The most accurate description of Semneya is a man with some sort of vagina. Semenya’s body shape and musculature is that of a man, which “she” basically is.
For Semenya to compete against females is grossly unfair. The ban is long overdue. The 2016 olympic women’s 800m was a total farce with Semenya and two other African non-females stealing all the medals from the female athletes.
I agree with you. She didn’t do anything to increase her testosterone levels it’s just the way she was born. Forcing her to take testosterone suppressants is no different than forcing a chess player with an extraordinarily high IQ to take stupid pills to make it fair to dumber chess players.
I agree with you. Otherwise it is a really slippery slope. What next?
Maybe they will have to have some complicated formula for extra weight to be carried in the race. Like horses.
I’m with you on this.
This is like some Vonnegut story where everyone had to
be MADE equal. Harrison Begerion? Sp?