Caster Semenya, an 18 year old young woman has to face the humiliation of being classified as a human with no specific gender, as some leaked test proved her to be a hermaphrodite.
After the Australian’s Sydney Daily Telegraph reported that Semenya has no womb or ovaries, but internal male testes which were producing extraordinary amounts of testosterone, this young woman began to face problems achieving her goal as an athlete; due to the fact she was not allowed to run in the women’s 800m race. This humiliation that had overwhelmed Semenya forced to her to withdraw from the race that was going to take place in South Africa.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/sep/11/caster-semenya-withdraws-race-south-africa
This should be regarded as inhumane because it is quite shocking to find that another human being should be disapproved of reaching their dreams because certain things about them are considered deviant by the society. The worst part in this case is that Semenya cannot be held responsible for this fault because it is a biological error. A few people seem to be taking Caster’s feelings into consideration with regards to the whole matter. However, the rest are hardly bearing it in mind what kind of damage this might have in this young woman’s future dreams as an athlete.
The International Association of Athletics Federations forced Semenya t o undergo tests, which proved her to be a woman…and a man. This could mean that her Gold that she won in Berlin in August could be taken away from her.
South African sports minister, Makhenkesi Stofile threatened to have a “world War 3” if that was to happen to their golden star.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/09/10/2009-09-10_caster_semenya_.html
Semenya is meant to be praised for making the country proud with her gold medal; however, people seem to be more concerned about who she is…
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-south-africa-runner21-2009aug21,0,5294672.story
After the Australian’s Sydney Daily Telegraph reported that Semenya has no womb or ovaries, but internal male testes which were producing extraordinary amounts of testosterone, this young woman began to face problems achieving her goal as an athlete; due to the fact she was not allowed to run in the women’s 800m race. This humiliation that had overwhelmed Semenya forced to her to withdraw from the race that was going to take place in South Africa.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/sep/11/caster-semenya-withdraws-race-south-africa
This should be regarded as inhumane because it is quite shocking to find that another human being should be disapproved of reaching their dreams because certain things about them are considered deviant by the society. The worst part in this case is that Semenya cannot be held responsible for this fault because it is a biological error. A few people seem to be taking Caster’s feelings into consideration with regards to the whole matter. However, the rest are hardly bearing it in mind what kind of damage this might have in this young woman’s future dreams as an athlete.
The International Association of Athletics Federations forced Semenya t o undergo tests, which proved her to be a woman…and a man. This could mean that her Gold that she won in Berlin in August could be taken away from her.
South African sports minister, Makhenkesi Stofile threatened to have a “world War 3” if that was to happen to their golden star.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/09/10/2009-09-10_caster_semenya_.html
Semenya is meant to be praised for making the country proud with her gold medal; however, people seem to be more concerned about who she is…
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-south-africa-runner21-2009aug21,0,5294672.story
