snail wrote:
SallyShortyPnts wrote:
snail wrote:
If Caster didn't appear as she does - she would not have been targeted (imo). I do consider the ruling discriminatory and unfair.
Caster was singled out because she won-by a lot. As a woman, I consider the result to be welcome and fair to the vast majority of female athletes.
I should have been more explicit to say that she was singled out because of her more masculine appearance - as she was made to undergo gender/sex tests after her first world championship win in 2009. I recall that her fellow female competitors had complained about her appearance with the presumption that she’s a man.
For any other athlete that “won by a lot” I’m guessing the usual drug testing would happen. I don’t know if tests also check for T levels (I’m thinking yes, elevated from using performance enhancing drugs - not to check someone’s gender).
There are a few on here who claim she’s got testes. Can anyone verify if she’s actually had this very invasive test done? Surely I’d hate for total strangers to speculate or comment about my private body parts (so I really have a lot of sympathy for her).
If she has, it has not been made public. That won't stop people from slandering her by claiming that she does or referring to her as a male.