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XX - Why?
by NSRC on August 21, 2009
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I'm outraged!
I'm outraged!
The comment made by Anonymous
The comment made by Anonymous (09/01/2009 - 19:58) is quite relevant...
please stop feeding people who think this is about Caster's looks or because she is from Africa!
planet middle sexed
this type of thing was bound to happen on a huge media scale sooner or later
as an xxy
and knowing of swyers syndrome and all sorts of syndromes
there are a mix of understandings on planet earth
and we need to accept that its not just males and females anymore
in a standard easy to understand xy =male and xx= female
its just not true
and hasn't been for some time
yet we all have believed it
i will write some more again i need sleep but this area is important to comment on
Not ONLY about looks
As far as I understand this situation, the request of the International governing body of track and field was made PRIMARILY due to Semenya's rather abrupt appearance on the scene with absolutely stellar times (blowing competition away by whole seconds in events usually won by hundredths of seconds) that at least raised the suspicion that, IF her genetic make-up is XY, she could have a mechanical advantage over the other XX female competitors. Phenotypically, men are built differently than women--that's why the nature of competition in sports across the two genders is so different. Men are taller, stronger, and faster than women on average. Evolution built men and women differently. Perhaps the request by the track and field governing body could have been made differently, but I actually don't think it's entirely inappropriate.
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