What No One Is Reporting About Caster Semenya: She Has XY Chromosomes

Re:What No One Is Reporting About Caster Semenya: She Has XY... by TheAdamAndChe on Sunday May 05, 2019 @08:15AM (#19832414)

Perhaps, but having male genetics and some characteristics of both sexes makes her intersex[1]. She was assigned the female gender, but she still has genetics and hormone levels that are not cis female. Hormones strongly affect some forms of physical performance.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex?wprov=sfla1

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Re:What No One Is Reporting About Caster Semenya: She Has XY... by DanBC on Sunday May 05, 2019 @08:21AM (#19832424)

> She chose the female gender,

She was assigned female at birth.

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Re:What No One Is Reporting About Caster Semenya: She Has XY... by TheAdamAndChe on Sunday May 05, 2019 @08:42AM (#19832510)

Thanks, I have corrected my comment.

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