Comments on: Have You Seen This Story Yet?

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:36:41 +0000

I am not sure what will happen next Eric. I agree with you Amy, there was no choice in the matter. Why are we unable to celebrate the amazing willingness for this woman to overcome what I am sure has been a very difficult life full of questions and unwanted comments.

By: eric

eric — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:38:02 +0000

Do you think this will this end her track and field career? I wonder where she will be allowed to compete in the future. Seems unfair that she have to stop doing something that she has a great passion for.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:17:09 +0000

I actually know someone who had a child and at birth they had to decide if they wanted the child to be a boy or a girl. They had to look at the body and do testing and still had to decide. I don’t think anyone can fathom how awful this would be as a parent and then spending the rest of your life trying to second guess if you made the “right” decision. The child has probably spent many days/years wondering if she is a girl in a boys body, wondering too if her parents chose correctly. They want to be normal and probably nondescript but at the same time they have characteristics that bring them to the spot light. This athlete has worked hard and is competitive, and like many others works hard to win. How humiliating now for this to be a topic of discussion in her competition. First and foremost she had to make it this far and no has told her she couldn’t compete, but when we excels, there’s question. If this were a case of sex change, then yes, strip her of her medals, but it’s not! Let her enjoy this moment, value her as a beautiful competitive woman and celebrate with her.

By: coach S.

coach S. — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:30:26 +0000

Ultimately (and unfortunately), whether or not “she” was raised as a woman, or is called a woman in her country, or has been humiliated, Caster Semenya has an unfair advantage over other women when it comes to athletics and shouldn’t get to receive the gold medal. Why do we separate mens and women’s competitions in the first place? Because men clearly have a natural biological advantage. So, to permit a person to compete as a woman – all the while possessing biological traits inherent to men – and win a gold medal that would have gone to a true woman, is not right. It is unfortunate for Semenya, but how much more unfortunate is it for those other women who feel like they lost a gold medal to a “man”?