The feminization of Semenya

[the]

I thought it was interesting enough to share.

http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/12/semenyas-makeover-gender-as-performance/

 

[acd]

Thanks for posting that.

What if her body doesn’t detect the presence of those androgens? What if it reads the presence of some of them, but not others? What if she is chimera or mosaic? All these are interesting questions biologically, but the answers will not tell us whether she is male or female because sex, like gender, is a social construction.

 

[Sithious]

Somebody should put lady GaGa under the microscope instead

 

[Mystic7]

I thought that whole thing was awful, and sad. Having the worldwide news say that you are not really a woman, and you have male genitalia inside and all that stuff, would be enough to cause some people to commit suicide. And yeah it's silly to say 'yeah ok now you can say you're a woman because you put some lipstick and girly clothes on' is lame.

 

[Faye]

Somebody should put lady GaGa under the microscope instead

I'd still hit it.