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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband and I have discussed this at length re: Semenya; he is a physician.  No good answer, it seems, that would be fair to both Semenya and the women she competes against.  Will be interesting to see how this is finally resolved.[/quote]
I suppose this is a legal question, did she cheat, did she break a rule, can the international Olympics only test women for testosterone but not men, what is average, [b]can a healthy person be required to have surgery that they do not need?[/b][/quote]

Why do you keep bringing up surgery? The IOC isn't forcing an athlete to have surgery. They would just not be allowed to compete.[/quote]
Not be allowed to compete under what rule?[/quote]

There is no rule, I'm asking why the PP keeps bringing up surgery. The IOC wouldn't force athletes into surgery, [b]they just wouldn't be allowed to compete[/b]. [/quote]

They just wouldn't be allowed to compete in the women's part of the competition.
Agree with above that if the competition is divided in some way (weight, sex, ...) then there have to be standards for that division.  In the case of weight, it's easy. In the case of sex, it's easy for 99%+ of the population.  For the non-binary, there has to be a line.  I would tend to agree that a reasonable line is "presence of testes".[/quote]

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