Good read. Thanks for the link.

I think the argument is more that Semenya should be competing against men instead of women. IIRC, she has internal testicles and is intersex.

Yes I am aware... I had several rounds of IVF and had to give blood every two days for my hormone levels to be scrutinized; which is why I know that you can’t dismiss the powerful effects that hormones (and not just testosterone) have on the body.

The issue here is that Semenya’s testosterone levels are beyond that 10 nmol/L...which is already significantly beyond what the “average” woman’s levels are, even a woman with PCOS. Semenya also had internal testes and was (if I remember correctly) XY. She was raised female based on her external genitalia. Her…

Sharp completely ignores the demeaning and humiliating things that Semenya has had to go through. Fivethirtyeight had a wonderful, feminist argument for celebrating Caster.

Agreed. Ugh, this leaves a horrible taste in my mouth. This woman’s argument is all about how they all feel together, they know how they all feel, feel feel feel all the fucking feels. Yet, not once does this trick even bother to think about how Semenya feels. That her very fucking existence is being challenged,…

The levels they banned are way above PCOS:

Here is my question: is a female athlete allowed to supplement her testosterone levels to match her hyperandrogenic rivals? Because if the answer is ‘no’ then they are stating that testosterone DOES have an effect on performance. You can’t have it both ways.

I have PCOS and, thus, higher androgen levels than the average woman.

The article seems to use hyperandrogenic and hypoandrogenic interchangeably.

Taking Caster out doesn’t get you a medal, but thanks for being a sore loser, Lynz.

LOL - I was wondering if those were actual real people. However, I looked at their last names (Velasquez & Murphy). As someone raised Catholic myself, I realized that it is quite likely they are Catholic pro-lifer types and thus support this jerk.

Don’t forget that he’s an ally to poor people as well. America has the best poor people. Other countries are super jealous of our poor people. Like the abundant healthcare benefits, education opportunities, and generous welfare programs the poor have that Darrel Issa has tried to cut at every turn.

For me, it’s this asshole... Not Van Jones, of course but Jeffery Lord-Have-Mercy. What an asshole. Jones’ expression sums it up nicely.

Pretty sure “exotic” is reserved for women from the Balkan states who totally do not need to follow the normal rules for immigration and citizenship because they are white and look good nekkid.

Don’t you mean “exotic?”

People seem to forget the “Sarah Palin” effect: Republican men find her hot and “when she stares into the camera she want s to sleep with me.”

Shouldn’t one internship be enough? How much free labor are we allowing companies to squeeze out of kids? Dickens would shit himself over this.

This is all hypothetical, of course, but they may not like that particular strategy because it drags the other team into it and requires them to essentially forfeit a game rather than skipping it. I don’t know how important it would be to them, but it sounds like it could be complicated in terms of their pride and…

‘Work to Rule’, as they say: show up to games, kick off, don’t move at all. Still fulfilling the letter of the contract(I assume, knowing nothing about said contract)