Two interesting articles in the NY TImes today

[DURHAM D]

You Say You're a Woman? That Should Be Enough

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/sports/olympics/olympic-sex-verification-you-say-youre-a-woman-that-should-be-enough.html

and

Gender Testing for Athletes Remains a Tough Call

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/sports/olympics/the-line-between-male-and-female-athletes-how-to-decide.html?pagewanted=all


The IOC will soon be announcing new policies on the eligibility of women with hyperandrogenism to be adopted before the summer olympics in London.

[laconicsax]

1. I really think that "gender testing" is bullshit.

I can see arguments for it, but that doesn't really change my opinion.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. I thought this nonsense had been resolved with Renee Richards in the Seventies.

"Richards was barred from playing as a woman in the U.S. Open in 1976 unless she submitted to chromosomal testing. She sued the United States Tennis Association, and in 1977, she won the right to play as a woman without submitting to any testing.[10]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Richards