Segregation, Sex, Science and Sport
http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2009/09/segregation-sex-science-and-sport.html (http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2009/09/segregation-sex-science-and-sport.html)
Zoe Brain
9/14/09
One of the most educated discussions on the segregation of the Sexes is over at Science and Sport.
While I don't agree with some of the premises, nor the conclusions, at least the discussion is rational and educated, based on science (mostly) and facts (most of which are accurate), rather than opinion, superstition, and misconception.
How at least some Intersexed people see the situation is elucidated in An Intersex Perspective on Caster Semanya. A sample (and you should really read the whole thing):
The main thing that saddens me about this story is the emotional tone of the commentaries. Other athletes, people on the street, and low media blogs are full of sneers and winks and nosewrinkled disgust. The major media bring in scientists and voice patronizing sympathy for how humiliating this must be for Caster, meanwhile capitalizing on the prurient interest in the story to gather viewer attention. Underneath it all is a widespread impulse to yank down Caster's pants and let everyone have a good look. It's a freakshow, with an intersex person the object of millions of prying eyes.