drahthaar said:
Proud 1992 Alum said:
I am very opposed to trans ideology but for the sake of accuracy, I think the Algerian boxer was born as intersex meaning born with some masculine and some feminine biological characteristics. Probably still shouldn't be allowed to compete in the female category. But this isn't a Lia Thomas case where a biological male is competing in the female category.
Having XY chromosomes ends that discussion.
The problem is no one knows if the Algerian's chromosomes are XX or XY. A test was run, but the results were never published and the boxer refuses to say what their gender markers are. Without definitive proof of what the chromosomes are, we can speculate all we want, but we are ultimately guessing. That said, I think tests should be published, but there may be legal privacy issues with that.
Testosterone levels seem to be problematic as well in answering the gender question. "Many women can have testosterone which will be called 'male levels' and still be women and still compete as women. This idea that you do one test for testosterone and that sorts everything out? Not the case I'm afraid," Mark Adams said.
And what if this fighter does have DSD or Swyer Syndrome? They have XY chromosomes but a female reproductive system. I have no idea whether that person is male or female because it sounds like they are both. Do we exclude them from sports because gender cannot be determined?
And there doesn't seem to be a consensus among her competitors either. "Personally I don't think she has done anything to 'cheat,'" Broadhurst wrote on social media. "I (think) it's the way she was born & that's out of her control. The fact that she has been (beaten) by 9 females before says it all."--Amy Broadhurst (Ireland)
Marissa Williamson Pohlman of Australia lost to Khelif in the Netherlands last May, and she said Khelif was particularly strong. "I did notice it, but you just keep fighting, though, don't you?" Williamson Pohlman said. "It's just a part of the sport. All you want to do is win, so you just keep chucking punches."