So Caster Semenya has lost her landmark legal case against the IAAF, and will have to undergo treatments to reduce her naturally high levels of testosterone if she is to compete in the 800m
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/01/caster-semenya-loses-landmark-legal-case-iaaf-athletics
Here's some commentary from Madeleine Pape, former runner
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/01/losing-caster-semenya-decision-wrong-women-testosterone-iaaf
We've discussed trans women in sports before, but this is a different thing. Semenya is a woman whose natural advantage is having high testosterone. That advantage is probably unfair, but it seems to be splitting a lot of hairs to me to conclude that she therefore has to undergo treatments to compete fairly, when we don't do the same thing to Usain Bolt's preponderance of fast-twitch muscles or Michael Phelps' webby feet or any NBA player's height, which are just as unfair. And that's not to mention the medical ethics of making someone undergo a treatment that they don't medically need. It all seems very Harrison Bergeron.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/01/caster-semenya-loses-landmark-legal-case-iaaf-athletics
Here's some commentary from Madeleine Pape, former runner
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/01/losing-caster-semenya-decision-wrong-women-testosterone-iaaf
***As a female athlete, I thought high testosterone was a problem. Now I realise this is an outdated and indefensible position
We've discussed trans women in sports before, but this is a different thing. Semenya is a woman whose natural advantage is having high testosterone. That advantage is probably unfair, but it seems to be splitting a lot of hairs to me to conclude that she therefore has to undergo treatments to compete fairly, when we don't do the same thing to Usain Bolt's preponderance of fast-twitch muscles or Michael Phelps' webby feet or any NBA player's height, which are just as unfair. And that's not to mention the medical ethics of making someone undergo a treatment that they don't medically need. It all seems very Harrison Bergeron.