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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all arguing over intersex are missing the point.  The ruling is for testosterone level.  If she was confirmed intersex but had the “normal” level of testosterone, she would be fine.  She was tested by IAAF years ago and they went ahead and let her continue on in women’s sports.  So it has nothing to do with whether she is genetically a man or woman (XX or XY).

But it’s all BS anyway because testosterone is not a male hormone.  It is in both men and women.  [b]Having higher amounts of testosterone doesn’t make you a man.[/b]  I think it’s ludicrous.  No way could she even come close to competing with men.  But because she’s better than most women runners we need to police that?  GTFO.[/quote]

Having testes does. [/quote]

Oh really?  That’s the official definition of a man?[/quote]

And your definition is . . . ?[/quote]

Someone with XY chromosomes with NO OTHER genetic issue around their sex.  Even if Semenya has XY chromosomes and testes it doesn’t make her male because it is a genetic condition that is out of the ordinary.  And therein lies the problem with this.[/quote]

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