Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Seth Knickrehm
This is a rare situation but I think that a male athlete would never be asked to take a gender test simply because our society believes that men can perform at a high level. Caster Semenya was completely stereotyped in this matter, because of her performance and her not fitting the “norm” for how women should look. And if the testing had to be done why wasn’t in done prior to her winning the gold medal? This is an unfortunate situation because if the tests comes back that she is a male then she should essentially have to compete with the male athletes. This is totally unfair in all aspects. First, the committee or whoever wanted the testing done should have done this before she competed. Second, the one of the main reasons she was asked to take the gender test was because of her appearance. Finally, she grew up believing she was a woman and was to compete against women athletes.
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I agree with Seth in that the test, if need be done, should have been done prior to the performance of the athlete. By doing this an athlete can gain her recognition she deserves after an exceptional performance. Whoever is doing the testing is obviously pinpointed on dicrimination because not every women athlete takes a test and the ones that do, do so only after an amazing performance. So agreeing with Seth in that the tests should at leat be done before an event.
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