[Pez]

You know in some cultures Hermaphrodites are considered to be divine because they are both sexes yet neither, therefore are transcendant over everyone else.

I do not think it is fair for a deity to be competing against women personally, therefore they should strip this deity of it's medal. Let us all pray we are not struck down in anger.

[jqp]

'medical reports on the 18-year-old Semenya indicate she has no ovaries, but rather has internal male testes, which are producing large amounts of testosterone.' Fom this it sounds like 'she' is a 'he' with a birth defect.  'She' doesn't seem to have breasts or hips either, but this could also be due to a life of 'hormone therapy'. But we don't know all the facts.

[Browntrout]

Show some respect for another person.
  While it is unfair that she competes against women it is also wrong to make fun of her for the way she was born. We are all here for a reason and while not blameless I suspect her taking part in high level womens athletics was orchestrated by the wonderous people that think so much of winning.
  As I'm sure you know the whole of international athletics is corrupt and cheating is par for the course in alot of the events.

[S Clark]

I can't imagine the distress and confusion that she has to be going through.  This is a sad story.

[WerTicus]

They need to remove this sexism in the olympics.

Then there will be no question and no problem.  And if only men win then that is fine.

[rpf]

Show some respect for another person.
  While it is unfair that she competes against women it is also wrong to make fun of her for the way she was born. We are all here for a reason and while not blameless I suspect her taking part in high level womens athletics was orchestrated by the wonderous people that think so much of winning.
  As I'm sure you know the whole of international athletics is corrupt and cheating is par for the course in alot of the events.

I can't imagine the distress and confusion that she has to be going through.  This is a sad story.

Agreed.

[pjchappy]

Alrighty, I somehow overlooked this thread when I came back a bit ago.  Cleaned it up a bit.  Although this is all old news now, please keep any future replies relatively vulgar free.

Gracias.