Understanding the Controversy Over Caster Semenya

I am not sure how I feel about this situation yet. I am not saying this woman is transgendered; however, this situation validates the fact that lately, I have been wondering what will happen when transgendered people want to compete in sports, especially in medal awarding competitions like the Olympics or even in high paying professional sports.

I would like your thoughts on this women's performance in particular. Is her natural high levels of testosterone fair? if you don't have time to read the entire article before commenting, then at least read the following exerts from the article and then comment.

****Kenyan and Ethiopian marathoners live and train at altitude, naturally enhancing their oxygen-carrying capacity. And they tend to have long, thin legs that make running more energy efficient. Kevin Durant and Brittney Griner are great basketball players in part because they are nearly 7 feet tall.

Eero Mantyranta, a Finnish cross-country skier who won seven Olympic medals in the 1960s, including three golds, was found to have a genetic mutation that increased his hemoglobin level to about 50 percent higher than the average man’s.

There is “no fundamental difference” between a congenital disorder that produces high testosterone levels and a genetic mutation that produces elevated hemoglobin levels, according to a recent commentary, entitled “The Olympic Games and Athletic Sex Assignment,” in The Journal of the American Medical Association.****