tisdag 12 juni 2012

Caster Semenya och kravet på kvinnlighet

Värt att påminna om Caster Semenya, sydafrikanska 800-meter löparen, som inte klarade kraven på kvinnlighet. Saxat från Jezebel.com här under.

The issue has been a hot topic in South Africa ever since 21-year-old Caster Semenya won an 800-meter world championship and her competitors called her out for her "muscular biceps" and "husky voice." "These kind of people should not run with us. For me, she's not a woman. She's a man," said Elisa Cusma, who placed sixth in the race. Some might think Cusma sounds like a sore loser, but the IAAF has decreed that women like Semenya must have surgery or receive hormone therapy prescribed by an IAAF expert medical panel if they want to continue to compete, because they have an "unfair advantage," said Dr. Stéphane Bermon, coordinator of the IAAF working group on Hyperandrogenism and Sex Reassignment in Female Athletics. "More muscle mass, easier recovery and a higher level of blood red cells."

Påtvingade hormonbehandlingar, känns lite öststyskt på något vis. Verkligheten måste vara lite jobbig, typ för tjejer som har muskler.

//Stefan 

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