Howdy, ducks! Sorry no posts recently…I plead being busy writing this bit about Caster Semenya for the Guardian’s Comment Is Free section!
And while a sex test sounds benign enough, it won’t be anything as simple as a DNA test – as Meloncye McAfee points out, there are a variety of conditions that can lead to a man having two X chromosomes, or a woman having a Y chromosome. No: Semenya will not only have her DNA checked, her urine and blood sampled and her genitals examined, but will even be required to have an interview with a psychologist – hopefully to help her get over the trauma of having all these tests done in a media fishbowl.
The irony is that had she not been born female, she could compete perfectly legally.
The rest of the article can be found here.