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Do you think that Semenya should be able to compete in Women's Olympics although she has both male and female sex organs?

Asked by chelle21689 (7907points) August 8th, 2012

Semenya competed in the 800m race in the Olympics and smoked all the other runners by over 1 minute! Her masculine appearance and impressive time made people raise an eyebrow and demanded she take a gender-test. They have found that she has no ovaries, no womb, undescended testes, and triple the amount of testosterone compared to other women.

If you asked me, they should’ve done that beforehand and privately because it is humiliating…

Anyways, many people say that she should be able to compete and that her medal shouldn’t be taken away. Do you think it’s fair though if she has triple the amount of testosterone in her body that allows her to have this advantage due to her male counterpart? Why or why not?

Story: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/09/11/athletics.semenya.gender.iaaf/index.html

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