The rights obsession with people’s genitals reaches a new low

  • @hypercracker@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    The heartbreaking aspect of this is that athletes like Chand or Semenya come from remote parts of their countries and they have immense difficulty understanding what a gender test is, who a trans person is, or what is testosterone in the first place.

    …do they though? Is there a quote from them saying this or is the author just making shit up in a really patronizing way?

    • TechnoUnionTypeBeat [he/him, they/them]
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      2311 months ago

      do they though?

      Caster Semenya is from a large town in South Africa, Polokwane, the capital of its province. Population 130k

      Definitely not “remote” by any stretch of the definition. Straight up racism by the author

    • Red_sun_in_the_sky [any]
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      2111 months ago

      They don’t cause a broad chunk whoever buys what’s written will take it for granted. Oh a person from third world, probably doesn’t know how to read. It confirms what they believe so they publish it and some people will read it as “Yeah that makes sense”