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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A female with no ovaries is still a female, not a man
Where do you draw the line for testosterone? Are you going to test all women, or just the ones from a poor country?
Are short women OK, but not tall

How is the sport fair? Do we only look at internal sex organs, and ban only women who can never have children, or do we look at height, family wealth, length of arms, legs and other factors too?[/quote]

We already draw a line for males at 4:1 T/E ratio.  Arguing that you have a naturally off-the-charts T/E ratio is not a defense, even though it is theoretically possible.  Many lines are drawn in sport.  We have weight classes, height classes, age classes.  Breaking out competition by sex is drawing a line.

And if you are going to break competition out by sex it has to mean something.  Men are better at sports because of testosterone, which drives all the other secondary advantages in structural robustness, strength, reactivity, bone density, etc.  There may be many constructions of gender by which Caster Semenya can be understood to be a woman.  She is not, however, female as that word is meaningfully contemplated in the context of a speed/power sport.  [/quote]

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