I'm truly disappinted in the way Caster has been subjected to such abuse by the media. Questioning her gender on the grounds of good sportsmanship is one thing, but to nationalise the embarrassment and humiliation is totally unacceptable. Once it has been proven that she is a indeed a female, i think she deserves a public apololy and the IAAF should compensate her for the unnecessary slander and defarmation that she has been subjected to. Please let us not forget that She has just won a gold medal at international level, at the age of 18!
Ok so she looks a bit "butch" but most women athletes are! But its discracefull that the press and world media have treated her this way! This whole "gender testing" thing should have been kept very private, and certainly, should not have been made public. Forgoodness sake has no-one in the world thought of this young lady's feelings? She may indeed , have a hormone problam. And goodness knows I have had my fair share of hormone problams, like during my monthly I get a beard!!!!! unless I keep it in check. Also I get terrible PMT which manifest's its ugly head in the form of binge drinking! I dont get angry and throw things around, I just get pissed and fall asleep. Usually it stops when my pierod stops, but I am hopeless to control it, and this is all down to my having Polycystic overies! Probabaly the same reason I can't have kids. One bad one early on this year I went to the Doctor to see if she could suggest something to help me, and she advised "Agnus Castus" which is a herb that can help with hormonal mood swings, and it seems to be working a treat, and its not even expensive! But this is all due to my hormones being all over the place so I can well sympathises with Caster if she has a hormone problam.
We should not forget that Miss Semenya has just won gold in a major international event, and she is an athlete of supreem standard!!
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Re: Poor Caster Semenya!
Hello Victoria.
Apparently it has been discovered that the lady in question has higher than normal levels of testosterone for a woman, which I hardly see as any reason to label her as masculine! If she's physically a woman (which is known that she is), then that should be good enough surely? I think it really comes down to where the athletics governing body draws the gender line. Ie is it good enough for them that she's physically a woman? As you say, there are plenty of masculine-looking women in sport these days. And as a side note, aren't sports like swimming supposed to be guilty of arresting the onset of physical development in young girls/women? Isn't that a case of the kettle calling the pot black? All the best. S. Re: Re: Poor Caster Semenya!
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vicky
on Fri 28 Aug 2009 11:41 AM BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Hi Steve!
Yes that is very true, and I belive this extends to gymnastics too! Also most woman have "some kind" of testosterone level as men have female hormones like eostragon, which is perfectly normal. When my own hormone levels were tested, I too have a Testosterone spike when I get my monthly, but not as high as Caster, I presume. I wish her well, and if her whole family is saying she is a girl then that is good enough for me! :-)) hugzzzz from Vix |
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