If it is true that Caster Semenya has an inter sex condition and has male sex organs contributing to her massive testosterone level then clearly she cannot compete as a female anymore.
This is a tragic outcome for this young lady and a sad day for anyone interested in sport.
Unfortunately the totally irrational reaction out of South Africa cannot overrule the only possible answer, she cannot compete as a female ever again.
one of the great problems with dividing the world into simply male and female is that you miss the reality that gender is not always as neatly defined as we would like to think. The reality is that the amazingly complex transition of a (sort of) female fetus to male is not always a smooth one and between male and female there exists a wide variety of stages. In 'real' life there is no reason, or justification, to discriminate against intersex persons. However, in sport I fear we must. To allow people like Caster to compete as a woman makes a mockery of the contest.
Anyway, I think a few South Africans need to do some research before they go shooting their mouths off again, as always wikipedia is a great place to start.
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