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more about #trackandfield more comments → MagsCO: I lived with female roommates for years and never saw them naked or in the shower. Do these women have some kind of communal locker-room type shower ... more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): World, I hate you today. more » Meangirl.is.for.the.Horde: Let's make male athletes drop their pants too! If they have 'roided their testicles into raisins, we can arbitrarily reassign their sex as well! more » phedre: Does she have a cock bib? A real man would have one. If she doesn't, I say she's good to compete. more » superwoman: this is so upsetting! she's done us (south africans) so proud, and is getting zero press for her amazing achievements! i am irritated as all hell abou... more » phedre: She just won the 800m! 1:55.45. 2 seconds ahead of the nearest competitor. Cue shitshow on letsrun.com and various other crappy websites. I feel so so... more » tankearae: I was hoping this story would end up here. A couple things: While there is precedent for men competing as women (google Stella Walsh, among others)... more » sportz.star: Another wrinkle in the broader story here is that female athletes have in the past, less so now because of better technology, failed doping tests argu... more » Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: A. She might be intersexed, which is more common than people realize, and thus presents the issue with clinging to a binary system of gender classific... more » spunkay: The 18-year-old Semenya is slated to run the 800m for South Africa in tonight's World Championships I'm sorry if I'm missing something, but why on ear... more » pssshwhatever: Did anyone else read this and get reminded of the Obama Birthers? That instead of beating her fair and square in normalized competition, her opponent... more » shorty63136: I'm curious to see how exactly they define "male" and "female" because there are combinations other than XX and XY that would render one's appearance ... more » bluebears: I have no idea if she's a male or female (whatever that means to the IAAF) however I don't think this is RIDICULOUS per se. What about the chinese gym... more » AthertonMerriweather: She should just wear a pink running suit. Then there wouldn't be any confusion. more » mama_t: Wait, she didn't drop out of the sky yesterday. She's lived a life that includes, presumably, running. So you're telling me they're basically accusi... more » -
#gendergames
Coach: Gender Concerns Reasonable Because Runner "Looks Like A Man"
Unfortunately, South African runner Caster Semenya isn't the first exceptional female athlete to have her femaleness questioned. But her coach's comments make her case one of the most upsetting. More »
