A huge social media discussion topic during the Paris Summer Olympics was how two allegedly female boxers unfairly pummeled their way to the gold medal round.
Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting reportedly had previously failed gender/sex tests (they had XY chromosomes), according to International Boxing Association. As a result, they both were disqualified from last year’s World Championships.
The International Olympic Committee apparently saw things differently, and allowed Khelif and Yu-ting to compete. The IOC routinely had given chromosome tests up until the end of the last century (my sister was given them — twice), and over 80 percent of female athletes wanted the tests to continue.
The IOC’s Mark Adams seems to believe that doing away with gender testing is some sort of positive accomplishment in this head-scratching video clip.
To be sure, there has been plenty of pushback from the trans and parts of the LGBTQ+ lobbies regarding the two boxers, largely pointing to certain anomalies or syndromes for which the athletes should not be held culpable. If such indeed turns out to be the case, it still doesn’t alter the concerns/complaints of the larger (mainly female) athletic community and general public regarding fairness.
In a recent Forbes article, Oregon State University’s Susan Shaw (pictured) hits all the politically correct heartstrings in defense of Khelif and Yu-ting, saying the former has “always identified as female,” that the IOC doesn’t “recognize” the International Boxing Association, and that we exist in a time of “heightened transphobia.” […]
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