The Sports Lesson Here Is Apparently Bigotry
by: Autumn Sandeen
Wed Mar 25, 2009 at 16:00:00 PM EDT

http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=7AE080BF8ECADF04C685F26DA75E5A39?diaryId=10074

From The Advocate's Rising Tennis Pro Faces Gender Battle:

    ...Tennis insiders are grappling with issues of sexual identity and biology regarding an up-and-coming German star on the international circuit.

    Sarah GronertSarah Gronert, 22, was born with both male and female genitalia but underwent surgery to become female both legally and physically. However, some coaches, players, and officials charge that she seems unnaturally strong for a woman and speculate, based on her birth condition, that she may benefit from a higher-than-average distribution of male hormones -- and question whether she should therefore be allowed to compete against women at all.

Sarah looks all girl to me. There are many women who are very strong. Some of them just aren't so good looking. (in my opinion) What I find disturbing is the exploitation of her birth condition.

At 22 and being ranked under 200 is hardly up and coming when it comes to tennis. Kinda like being the 31st best baseball team.

Yeah, it's not like she's a top ten competitor or something. Sometimes folks will do anything to squelch someone 

She seems to be ranked somewhere round 600th in the World so this is pure bigotry. Personally I think she looks kind of hot but then I've always liked athletic girls...