I just find it astounding that female athletes are being held to a genetic standard that male athletes aren't. Lots of people aren't XX or XY, but the only the people competing as females may end up with their personal medical issues 'outed' to the world at large. Very not impressive, IMO.
No, it's not impressive. Not impressive at all. I can understand testing for steroids and other drugs, but I don't understand gender-testing. If (and only if) such a test has to be conducted then it's only fair that both sexes be examined.
Then again, I recently learned that female ski-jumping in the winter Olympics weren't merely not being bothered to be covered by the media -- the event simply doesn't exist. It does exist as a sport at competition levels, but TPTB have decided that wimmfolk just don't belong in Olympic ski jumping.
*scratches head at all the WTF-ery abounding*
I remember hearing about female ski-jumping not being allowed a while ago (possibly during the last Winter Olympics) and feeling even more disenchanted with the IOC and TPTB. I had been naive enough to think that the days when women were banned from certain events had passed, but obviously it hasn't. I don't blame you scratching your head at all the WTF-ery abounding.
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Date: 2008-08-09 05:45 pm (UTC)No, it's not impressive. Not impressive at all. I can understand testing for steroids and other drugs, but I don't understand gender-testing. If (and only if) such a test has to be conducted then it's only fair that both sexes be examined.
Then again, I recently learned that female ski-jumping in the winter Olympics weren't merely not being bothered to be covered by the media -- the event simply doesn't exist. It does exist as a sport at competition levels, but TPTB have decided that wimmfolk just don't belong in Olympic ski jumping.
*scratches head at all the WTF-ery abounding*
I remember hearing about female ski-jumping not being allowed a while ago (possibly during the last Winter Olympics) and feeling even more disenchanted with the IOC and TPTB. I had been naive enough to think that the days when women were banned from certain events had passed, but obviously it hasn't. I don't blame you scratching your head at all the WTF-ery abounding.