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[–]jkfinn 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I did read in at least two accounts that he tested xy chromosomes. Also, this is more subjective, but the way he talks about his female wife (is she wife or partner), sure damn sounds like a male and he looks about 10 times more male than she. (and, of course, the matter of his high testosterone levels--which in itself is not proving, but is part of a pattern)

[–]MarkTwainiac 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes, in the court case, the IAAF/World Athletics said, in claims uncontested by Semenya's side, that Semenya has: 1) XY sex chromosomes; 2) functioning testes not ovaries nor any other female reproductive organs; 3) levels of testosterone in the normal male range, not in - or anywhere near - the much, much lower female range; 4) male-typical androgen receptors/sensitivity that caused Semenya to become masculinized during and after puberty as males customarily are.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2019/aug/14/i-have-high-testosterone-so-what-says-caster-semenya-video

[–]jkfinn 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Case closed. Thanks!

[–]kardamom 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

the way he talks about his female wife (is she wife or partner), sure damn sounds like a male

can you stop with the hetero bullshit?

[–]MarkTwainiac 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But Semenya has promulgated and participated in all "the hetero bullshit" him/herself. Semenya enthusiastically performed all the male roles and rituals of Semenya's tribe/people when Semenya and Raseboya courted, got engaged and finally married. Semenya asked the males of Raseboya's tribe and family to be allowed to marry Raseboya, and Semenya paid the traditional "bride price" for Raseboya too. No reciprocal accommodations were sought by Raseboya.

I've been witness to/involved in lesbian and gay commitment ceremonies and weddings since the 1980s. None has been anywhere near as full of "hetero bullshit" as Semenya's much-publicized betrothal and wedding.