Found September 11, 2009 on ESPN:
The IAAF said Friday it has received the results of gender tests on South African runner Caster Semenya but is still reviewing them and will not issue any final decision until November.

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  • hockeychick23
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    So she has both organs. That would be considered a hermphadite. However, that does not mean she is a male. Usually, hormones produced by one of the organs is more prevelant that the other, legally making her one gender over the other.
  • razah12
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    Oy Vey,

    If it takes this long to figure out if she is a man then most likely she is a man...
  • hockeychick23
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    Well she has both female and male sex organs. Therefore she is a considered a hermphadite. What they have to figure out is wht the dominate sex organ is. Actually, these result were quite quick. This is a very intricate procedure that can take weeks or even months because of the number of tests that have to be done. It's a lot harder than everyonemight think it is.
    • razah12
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      What a curse. I am starting to feel bad for he/she.
  • hockeychick23
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    Yeah it sucks for her. I bet this is the first time she has ever heard of this, considering where she is from. But what I am thinking is she has a vagina and a female brain, so this sort of thing was never of concern. For entire life she has always been female.
  • speedwell
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    it's the testes, no ovaries or womb that makes her not female.

    we have no idea what her 'brain' is wired like.

    gender is a social construct. evidence has shown, in botched ***** incidents, that gender reassignment from male to female in infants, does not mean that person will identify as a female. gender is alot more than forcing a kid to wear dresses and play with dolls.
    • speedwell
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      yardbarker censoring p e n i s. it's a word damn it! not everyone uses words for infantile reasons ******* yardbarker.
  • Mizzy21390
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    I feel so bad for her. I heard she's on suicide watch. This is when the media needs to understand how hurtful, (even if not intended) things like this can be. She didn't know any of this, and is just now finding out when the whole world is.

    And to make it worst, people are making fun of her for it. Its just sad to hear that she's thinking of killing herself... Hate to hear of people taking their own lives because of actions from others, or hateful words or ridicule.

    She didn't put this on herself, or made herself this way. Its just a disorder. Nothing she could have done.

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