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Point 1: Caster Semenya isn't hermaphrodite. That's just sloppy reporting. An hermaphrodite has both male and female genitalia. She would better be described as "intersex".

Point 2: Caster is the victim here. She grew up believing herself to be a woman and probably had no reason to suspect otherwise.

Point 3: Given that there is no cheating involved, she should be allowed to keep her medals.

Point 4: Her competitive running days are over. I feel sorry for her. I hope she gets support from sport administrators, friends and family.

As for the topic at hand - this is absolutely spot on

[Dirty_Harri]

typical women whinging.
fact of the matter is that the other female competitors got beat. Seems that women with all their power in the world cant handle this.
2 things ladies - either suck it up and say guys are better and i will say that the gold has to go to the first women.
Or else piss off. Having your cake and eating it doesn't happen in the real world.

If all things were "equal" men and women would have the same event. Your just bitter cos now guys cut your hair and design your fashion lol

Congratulations, you have vast quantities of a naturally occurring hormone which makes you stronger and faster. Pity it doesn't make you smarter.

[Pixie]

It has been widely reported in the media that she has 3 times the testosterone level of a normal woman.

Given that men have 40-60 times as much testosterone as women, it seems pretty clear that she only has 5-8% of the testosterone level of a normal man.

That 3x testosterone level has obviously developed a body that is more masculine than any normal woman.Taller,bigger muscle mass,more efficient muscle operation.
She has an unfair advantage

[enigma51]

As for the topic at hand - this is absolutely spot on

But if she was white no one would have said anything

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But if she was white no one would have said anything

As has been pointed out already, the issue was one of gender not race.

Some opportunists (who I don't really think I need to name), have introduced race and racism into the thread for what reason I don't know. The only outcome of doing so (that I can see), has been a public declaration of their prejudice and ignorance.

[Forest]

That 3x testosterone level has obviously developed a body that is more masculine than any normal woman.Taller,bigger muscle mass,more efficient muscle operation.
She has an unfair advantage

Nonsense.

Here is a list of the fastest women's 800m times in history.

1	1:53.28	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	July 26, 1983	Munich
2	1:53.43	Nadezhda Olizarenko	Soviet Union	July 27, 1980	Moscow
3	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	 	Kenya		August 29, 2008	Zurich
4	1:54.44	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba		September 9, 1989	Barcelona
5	1:54.81	Olga Mineyeva	 	Soviet Union	July 27, 1980	Moscow
6	1:54.94	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	July 26, 1976	Montreal
7	1:55.05	Doina Melinte	 	Romania		August 1, 1982	Bucharest
8	1:55.19	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	Mozambique	August 17, 1994	Zurich
		Jolanda Ceplak	 	Slovenia	July 20, 2002	Heusden-Zolder
10	1:55.26	Sigrun Grau	 	East Germany	August 31, 1987	Rome

Notice something missing? Semenya isn't on the list.

Her time of 1:55.45 was the fastest pace recorded this year, but it wasn't enough to even feature in the top ten.