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Hogshead-Makar , Hilton and Davies says that women like Semenya need to be kept out of competition to “give women’s bodies an equal opportunity to participate,” which isn’t true.
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Hogshead-Makar has been arguing that South African runner Caster Semenya is not a woman. It began on, when Hogshead-Makar responded to a tweet about Semenya by saying “We must protect women’s sport for women’s bodies.” 
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At 51 seconds #SharronDavies claims #CasterSemenya was misdiagnosed as a child because she is from a 3rd world country. This is #Interphobia with a capital ’i’ from Davies.
At 51 seconds #SharronDavies claims #CasterSemenya was misdiagnosed as a child because she is from a 3rd world country. This is #Interphobia with a capital ’i’ from Davies.
Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya files appeal, challenging ruling that upheld IAAF regs which require intersex athletes to take drugs to lower testosterone. Semenya: "I am a woman and I am a world-class athlete. The IAAF will not drug me or stop me from being who I am."
. #CasterSemenya's lawyers say "the IAAF's demands for hormonal drug interventions" violate human rights, and IAAF views "reflect an outdated and deeply flawed socio-cultural stereotype of what it means to be a woman.”
. #CasterSemenya's appeal of earlier CAS ruling goes to Swiss Federal Supreme Court. CAS ruled that the regs on intersex athletes are discriminatory, but that discrimination is "necessary, reasonable and proportionate" to "preserv[e] the integrity of female athletics."
Pourquoi le jugement du Tribunal Arbitral du Sport contre #CasterSemenya est sexiste, raciste et intersexophobe : un thread ⏬
Rappelons que l'affaire dure depuis 10 ans, suite à ses performances impressionnantes aux 800m des Championnats du Monde de 2009. Des tests de sexe ont été réalisés à l'époque : ils ont mené à l'autorisation de Caster de concourir à nouveau : elle a été reconnue femme.
En 2015, une autre athlète présentant de forts taux de testostérone, Dutee Chand, gagne contre le règlement de l'IAAF limitant ces taux, car l'IAAF n'a jamais prouvé que la testostérone améliore de façon significative les performances sportives : bbc.in/2GWJTA3
My argument against what's happening with #CasterSemenya and the dangers behind searching for a clear 'scientific' rule/test on who counts as a woman (Thread)...
As a man, many will ask whether my opinion is relevant to a discussion like this. If that's how you feel I understand, and so probably best to get off here.
I feel I need to start by establishing that the question at the heart of this debate is whether Semenya is a woman or not.
IJP is disappointed, but not surprised by the treatment of @caster800m and other Black and Brown intersex athletes. We release this statement in support of her and other athletes:
On behalf of the Intersex Justice Project, we are saddened and outraged by the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) which ruled that “DSD regulations are discriminatory but that, on the basis of the evidence submitted by the parties, such discrimination
is a necessary, reasonable and proportionate means of achieving the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) aim of preserving the integrity of female athletics in the restricted events.”
