Mistreatment Of An Athlete...

The South Afraican track star, Semenya, has been in the spotlight recently.

She was tested for misrepresenting her gender (They had thought that she was a man posing as a woman and competing in women's sport).

It turns out that she has both sex organs but in the medical world, is considered female with a birth defect (because the male sex organs are useless).

In the first place, that the sport didn't respect her privacy and conducted the testing in private bothers me...

Yes, they are athletes and are in the lime light, but that doesn't mean that they don't have the rights to certain privacies.

It left a bad taste in my mouth.

While folks out there may argue that she has unfair advantages because she produces more testosterone. Let me just say that there is a BIG percentage of highly competitive female athletes that USE enhanced hormones to help them improve their perfomances. They are just smart to pass the drug/steroid tests, that's all.

It's the elephant in the room. When we see those highly muscular female athletes and want to believe that it's "normal".

We all know that it is very hard for females to get "cut" or muscular without high dose of testosterone. And females, as a rule, does NOT create high levels of testosterone. That's why there are men and women.

To think that a lot of the extreme muscular female athletes got there without enhanced hormones is really beyond me. But, because they don't get caught during testing, there is no way to prove it.

People know this, the athletic association knows this, but since it is now a "norm". I have come to accept it because there is still a 50% part that comes from genetics and another % that comes from hardwork and then the hormones. OK, that's the life they've chosen. I can respect that.

This is where I get a bit implacable...

When these female athletes are complaining about Semenya as a man....they are arguing that a man has an unfair advantage over women because of the testosterones.

(but I'll bet that any of them will be willing to say that they can outrun any men when they are out drinking at a bar because they also feel that a woman can do anything a man can do, and I AGREE with that statement, women are our equals)

So, this is where my beef is. If these women believe that in the first place, that they are men's equals, why complaint?

In the second place, if a lot of them ARE using the hormones, why are they griping? Because they have to endure the painful shots and Semenya don't?

And no, I don't believe a male athlete should compete in a female sport unless it is sanctioned or there is a omni-sex sport.

By the way, I have always laughed whenever I saw "uni-sex" signs meaning for both sexes. Because "uni" means ONE and that means one sex. When they should say "Omni" which means all. Just thought I'd throw that in for some indigestion thought....

In the third place. If there ARE questions, why wasn't it done discreetly??

The association should discrete the privacy and publicity of it's athletes and protect them all.

In the grand scheme of things, we are all human beings. And there was no need to humiliate Semenya. All she did, was to rise to a star and run. From poverty stricken to a star.

I had thought that would be inspiring...

and now, she has disappeared because she's embarassed...and all because of some jealous folks that actually covet what Semenya has that they want in the first place....

natural testosterones....

think, you athletic association people!! Think about humanity...and leave them some dignity...

talk about a kick in the balls....