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By chemax
#151400
darwin_dali wrote:
welshie wrote:Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite, with no ovaries or womb.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/others ... unner.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
IF true, it's what I expected - gonna be tough on her/him.
Yeah, I heard those results this morning too. Apparently has more male hormones giving her an advantage but practically impossible to strip her of medals since she it's natural and from "doping."
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By Jabberwocky
#151810
on a more serious note, as a hermaphrodite can he/she/it race in mens or womens events or neither?
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By texasmr2
#151839
Jabberwocky wrote:on a more serious note, as a hermaphrodite can he/she/it race in mens or womens events or neither?
:rofl: That is a very good question.
By Amanda
#151841
I doubt she'd be able to compete. She'd have an unfair advantage in the women's category.
By al4x
#151843
the olympics can never be fair really, some people have genetic advantages and some could never win no matter how hard they try, is an inherrant advantage a cheat? cause she/he has an advantage just more advantagous than most, it must be hard to draw a line, and with being able to have designer babies, thats gonna cause a whole new headache,

the olympics can never be fair
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By texasmr2
#151846
Hanwombat wrote:I wish I had no womb :hehe:
Perhap's a womb with a view would suit your need's?
By Amanda
#151848
al4x wrote:the olympics can never be fair really, some people have genetic advantages and some could never win no matter how hard they try, is an inherrant advantage a cheat? cause she/he has an advantage just more advantagous than most, it must be hard to draw a line, and with being able to have designer babies, thats gonna cause a whole new headache,

the olympics can never be fair

Having a natural advantage is fine in most cases, just look at Usain Bolt. However athletics has categories for male and female athletes and Caster Semenya is transgender, that would be an unfair advantage in a field that is specifically for females.

EDIT: Or is that intersex or a Hermaphrodite? This is all very complicated, poor girl.
Last edited by Amanda on 12 Sep 09, 10:25, edited 1 time in total.
By Amanda
#151849
Hanwombat wrote:I wish I had no womb :hehe:

:yikes:

That's quite an extreme desire
By Gaz
#151851
Amanda wrote:
al4x wrote:the olympics can never be fair really, some people have genetic advantages and some could never win no matter how hard they try, is an inherrant advantage a cheat? cause she/he has an advantage just more advantagous than most, it must be hard to draw a line, and with being able to have designer babies, thats gonna cause a whole new headache,

the olympics can never be fair

Having a natural advantage is fine in most cases, just look at Usain Bolt. However athletics has categories for male and female athletes and Caster Semenya is transgender, that would be an unfair advantage in a field that is specifically for females.

EDIT: Or is that intersex or a Hermaphrodite? This is all very complicated, poor girl.
True, but...would she have a significant disadvantage in the male catagory?

Its really unfair on her eitherway.
By al4x
#151853
Amanda wrote:
al4x wrote:the olympics can never be fair really, some people have genetic advantages and some could never win no matter how hard they try, is an inherrant advantage a cheat? cause she/he has an advantage just more advantagous than most, it must be hard to draw a line, and with being able to have designer babies, thats gonna cause a whole new headache,

the olympics can never be fair

Having a natural advantage is fine in most cases, just look at Usain Bolt. However athletics has categories for male and female athletes and Caster Semenya is transgender, that would be an unfair advantage in a field that is specifically for females.
it is but in a way it isnt lol, its impossible to negate, but it does seem unfair that someone who can try as hard as another can be ruled out, but thats life, work etc, its when you may get people having kids with others to get super kids lol, like pedigree animal :o

hmm, i had heard that maybe the human race may separate into a higher and lower species.. look at chavs, id never touch one!!
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