logician wrote:
The facts: Semenya is an XY male with pitiable external genitalia due to an accident of biology in the womb, a condition called 5-ARD.
Semenya is NOT an "unusual female."
Semenya is an "unfortunate male."
AGAIN, Semenya IS IN NO WAY A FEMALE. She is 100% male, with undeveloped genitals. FULL STOP.
The IAAF failed to get these simple facts to the media--the NYtimes and everyone else painted this as an unusual female with elevated testosterone. The IAAF should have been shouting from the rooftops since 2009 that Semenya is not an "unusual female" but an "unfortunate male." Why they did not take this path--if they knew she was XY 5-ARD-- I can not understand. It led to an unnecessary 10 year loss for true female athletes. This legal battle should have been done in 2010, not 2020.
AGAIN: Semenya is 100% male. She is NOT a female in any biological sense.
A poster a few months ago whose name I can not recall did a great job of researching and presenting her condition of 5-ARD.
The issue is clouded by the SEPARATE issue of MTF transgenders wanting to participate in women's' sport
This does NOT mean Semenya is to be ridiculed or mistreated in any way. She is to be pitied as a biological unfortunate and treated with nothing but compassion. She can compete with men, or follow the rules like any other MTF transgender wishing to compete as a woman.
Ditto, + 1000
He should not be allowed to run in the female category