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more about #santhisoundarajan Elizabth_Bennet: I'm really confused about the Santhi Soundarajan case. If she is insensitive to testosterone how would she have a demonstrable advantage over other wo... more » JerkoftheMonth is changing her name!: THis is so infuriating. There is no chance that these same women would be tested if they weren't as good as they are, so it really has nothing to do w... more » thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.: I guess this answers my question from last week's thread about how sports officials handle athletes with hormonal or genetic variations in sex. Ridic... more » DutchessOfDork: Lance Armstrong is genetically superior for his sport, take away his medals. more » schweppes: I think this is difficult, though, because there isn't some universal medical definition of gender (apparently chromosomes aren't enough) but sports a... more » phedre: When will people realize that sex isn't as simple as an X or Y chromosome? Here's an awesome commentary on Caster Semenya: [sports.espn.go.com] Fro... more » sympathyforthebasementcat: This is absurd. AIS doesn't make you a man! She is a woman, and I think it's unfair for her to be banned from competing because of a y chromosome that... more » debo matar la zombi goldberry83: Good lord, that is beyond ridiculous. I am so damn sick of this gender essentialism; if Soundajaran has androgen insensitivity, that means that she i... more » elephante: Ok, here's what I still don't understand about either case: They were "suspicious she was using performance enhancing drugs." Why, then, did they ask ... more » -
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"I Hope Semenya Will Come Out Of This Better Than I Did"
Santhi Soundarajan knows what Caster Semenya is going through, because in 2006, she went through a similar ordeal. "She should not abandon the fight," she says of the South African track and field star. More »
