I'm sorry but I see this differently. I'm surprised that, at the very least, posters don't see this as the complex, sad, messy human affair it is, rather than a clear cut case of men invading women's spaces.
It is a complex, sad, messy human affair.
And it is simultaneously a clear cut case of a male body invading a space created for female bodies.
The messiness arises from some people's inability to see that logic dictates the needs of the many must outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one.
Female sports permit 50% of the population who do not have the advantage of a male body, so cannot compete with males in general competition, to have a space they can compete and win in, with others of the same body type.
Letting male bodies into that space defeats the purpose, and excludes billions, for the sake of including thousands. Women's sports would become a space where only male-bodied individuals could win. Sure women could compete, but they could never win, unless the fates determined that no males chose to enter their event. This case arose because it reached the point where all 3 medals in a women's Olympic event went to male-bodied people. No female bodies on the podium.
And her misfortune doesn’t cancel out Lynsey Sharpe’s- can you articulate why you take Casters side and not Lynsey’s?
I think a lot of people have stunted empathy. They're so used to seeing heroic narratives in media that they automatically latch onto one person as the oppressed hero, up against the evil establishment. And everyone else are just supporting actors without their own story.
Once someone has been established as the hero, anyone opposing them is a villain. And opposition to the hero just proves how oppressed they are, making them even more heroic.
In this particular case Semenya is clearly the hero because it's the evil establishment in opposition, saying "no". Whereas Lynsey is not fighting the establishment, Lynsey is fighting Semenya. We don't know much about Lynsey, but we know Semenya is the hero because Semenya is already oppressed by the establishment, so if Semeya is battling Lynsey then she's just a minor obstacle for the hero to defeat, rather than someone important. It's a narrative trope.
A lot of this social justice-type stuff is symbiotic relationship between people who think they're the hero of their narrative, and people who believe in heroic narratives. It's ultimately an abusive relationship - the former taking advantage of the selective empathy of the latter.
Sorry, no, everyone has to be considered here. Please, try to take a step back and consider everyone's story. That's what the people here are doing. We are not just being mean to poor heroic Semenya, we have broader empathy for everyone involved. Yes, it hurts Semenya to be excluded, but it hurts far more people for Semenya (and all other 5-ARD individuals) to be included.
And even if Semenya was raised as a girl (which is in doubt) so there was really some shock "I'm male" discovery here, Semenya has had over 10 years to come to terms with their situation. An adult should realise that you cannot always get what you want, and life can deal you a bad hand.
Semenya could choose to act gracefully here, like others in a similar position have in the past. Erik Schinegger is a good example.
He really was raised as a girl. I do wonder if there is some evidence of male-vs-female socialisation here. Schinegger seems more inclined to think of others than Semenya, who allegedly was raised as a boy.