Ok so there was a report on the lunch time news today that just boggled my mind. The story was about a woman runner who has won gold (I think) but now is being investigated to make sure she is a woman. They stated that this process will take several weeks to verify. Am I the only one that thinks this sounds totally nuts?
Ok, that runner looks like a man to me, but why will it take several weeks to verify? Either he's packing or not. Oh I forgot, they cut those things off these days. o)
Nope I agree with you...that does sound totally nuts. and really weird at the same time.
I do private verifications in just 5 minutes for only a small fee, I pay them 5 dollars lol
Surely you just have to have a quick look and grope down below
I guess that they will do a genetic test, and then do a genetic re-test, and then come out and tell us that she is indeed completely female.... making us all feel slightly guilty for causing her a little distress.
If you cut the hair off of serena and venus williams, and then banned them from using make-up, epilators and tweezers..... then they would look pretty manly too.
Umm, the only sure way would be a genetic test. Not sure how long those results take.
Or they could go with BadCo.
I deff give a positive result for sure and i have references
Assuming she's had the snip it might be harder than you think.
lady or ladyboy? Can you tell the difference?
http://hubpages.com/hub/Lady-or-ladyboy … oys-katoey
Oh not just by a pic moi friend, tis a special BadCo test ya know !
HA HA HA!!!!!!! I got two wrong...It would only take a couple seconds to check those boys out! I am guessing they are talking about a surgery thingy..but then, if he/she had surgery, he/she still won the race, as a girl NOW so what difference does the orignal sex make?
Always thought it had something to do with the size of their hands.
Someone on here awhile back said it was the thumb size. LOL
I worked in a jewellers for a while. We had several regular customers who were transvestites. They were very smart and beautifully made up, but there were a couple of big tell-tale signs. Men's calf muscles seem higher up, and the muscles are either more defined or just stringy looking, their hands are typically bigger and squarer, and they always chose the rings with the largest stones!
Can't you just tell by an Adam's Apple in their neck?
Wise one thats the main one but there are loads of other tests ya know, BadCo would deff know within a period of 5 mins
this is alot of unneeded emotional distress on this poor woman. just becuase she beat them by a couple of seconds. shes really fast and the othere woman become jealouse becuase they could not keep up.
We dont know if she is a woman or not yet.... I will retain my guilt and sympathy until we know for sure. If she isn't (and they have been caught before on several occassions!) then he would surely deserve what he gets?
Better to find out now before as early as possible the next Olympics, then to find out after 'he' has stolen a gold medal from a genuine female.
I will be sympathetic if it transpires that she really is she.
What is it with South African athletics? First they gave us 'Blade Runner' and then they give us 'ManGirl Runner', Im looking forward to them giving us 'The Three Legged Runner'.
Why? If she is intersex, with female genitalia, brought up as a girl, the news that she is intersex might come as a horrific surprise to her, too.
There was a famous Austrian skier in the female ski team of Austria in the 1970ies. She won quite regularily. She always felt something "different" according to her but didn't know why (she was a farmer's girl from a very backward rural area). Then she got disqualified as being no "real" women. After a while she made a sex-changing operation. You can imagine this caused quite some discussions back in the 1970is.
If she is intersex, what are they going to do? Make her compete in the men's division? No, they'll just exclude her entirely. That's discrimination. I'd sue.
Even if she is intersex, in most cases they will be more one than the other. The genes and mental psychology will say one thing even though the organs say another.
What is a "genuine female," really? Gender/sex are not as cut-and-dry as most people might like to believe, not just psychologically, but in terms of genitalia and chromosomes as well.
The whole thing makes me angry.
well the type and text of hubs definitely helps see writer's gender. Women are soft hearted in writing (some excpetions; however those who are hard choose a feminine profile). Only few men come here to pretend like a woman however they lack the style of a female. Easily identifiable.
Dunno I have been told I get on like a big girl and when I was doubling as Cabin Girl i got loads of advances by email from really rude men, they are such beasts !
Equipment can be changed surgically. Hormones can be changed too. A certain percentage of people are born both genders. So it's not as clear as you might expect.
I know that, if it was clear it wouldnt take me a full 5 minutes, wud only be 3 !
Very unlikely that she's a man who has had surgery, etc.
More possible that she's intersex, which does take a while to work out.
Men are XY. Women are XX. There are a few people who are XXY, for example (among other similar conditions) who may look like women, but aren't quite.
this is so true. but if it's just about determining the sex, then it is not really difficult to have a check on the sex chromosomes. so why take weeks? perhaps the "committee" is not only interested about knowing the sex, but checking other possible cheating modes as well, i.e., taking drugs or hormones that significantly boost performance and put the other players at complete disadvantage. this latter issue is still complicated though.
LOL I'd be honored. Actually I love this pic of mine cause it resembles him a bit. How did you guess though? You must be Russian.
All they need is a blood test. It shouldn't take longer than a day. I am not totally sure, but if it is that important they could put a rush on it.
DNA testing would determine if it's female. Sometimes it is hard to tell. Outside one may look one gender, but internally be another. It's sometimes that simple. Sometimes, it's harder than that. Like Maddie said, it's chromosomes and genetalia.
HERE IS test to know
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.
I'm wondering what the regulators will do if they do find she is a she but with a lot of he. Can they exclude her? Is the definition of men and women made up in percentages and who makes that decision?
I've seen her picture. Her muscles are very defined but her face is rounded not angular
have i been out of school that long that someone cannot tell man vs. woman - maybe Crazdwriter can help (a teacher)
It isn't as simple as just checking down below, or even the genes. The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) quaoted the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) as saying a whole group of doctors will be required to check including (and I quote):
"endocrinologist, a gynaecologist, an internal medicine expert, an expert on gender and a psychologist"
As such it appears that there is likely to be soem confusion. Also I once watched a program on TV. It said that a much larger proportion of people than you would think are mixed sex in some way, and many of the people who are won't even realise. For some reason I think the average quoted number for the global average was above 10%, but as with many things it depends on race/customs etc (something to do with being linked to environment etc).
she look-a like-a man to me, but in my profession we see so many girl-guys and guy-dolls. I saw one today! Genetics is the only way to go...unless you have to frisk them for contraband and there's no roadside genetics test, then you are screwed and have to get both genders to do a body search. Sucks...especially if there's dick in wrong places...
I believe her friends and family would know. I hate that this story first appeared in my country. It is outrageous to put this in print.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2 … enya_.html
she is indeed both..no womb or ovaries
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