BBC Sport article on Caster Semenya

[catduckgoose]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/67336536

Article published this morning is very biased as per usual. It completely omits to mention that:

• he is male
• he has 5-alpha reductase deficiency
• the reason that his testosterone is in the normal male range is it's being produced by his testes
• he has fathered two children

I got exactly the same reply ruthieness.

None of those links work anymore - pages are unavailable.

They have replaced it with this on the 15th and it mentions XY so decent facts for a change from the BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/67367157

I got the same reply to my complaint. That article is still not clear enough, it sounds like CS is female or a mix, not a male with underdeveloped penis and/or testes. It's maddening how they won't just say 5-ARD which only affects males! What "female characteristics" does CS have?!

The only female characteristic Semenya has is "no willy", which isn't a female characteristic at all, it's the absence of a male characteristic.

This case is a tricky one.

Because she’s intersex and I’m guessing drs told her parents to raise her a girl? So she’s lives her whole life as a woman but now we’re seeing that her body is now male dominant?

I feel for her, because to me this isn’t a case of a man trying to be a woman and competing in female sports. To me this is more a question about intersexuality.

However, I may be wrong?

However, I may be wrong?

Yes, unfortunately you are. Rather than rehash it all again, I suggest you read this thread:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4822942-caster-semenya-biography?page=1