Semenya withdraws from race amidst reports she's hermaphrodite

[stpete]

I don't see how she/he's a victim here. She/he knew she/he had both body parts. She chose not to be honest about it. And she/he got bad advice from someone or multiple people. The powers that be should of been told of her/his condition. I understand that it must've been extremely hard to even think about telling anyone of this, but you have to think down the road. No one in her/his circle did, and neither did he/she. Unless i'm missing something, they chose to lie and now she/he is being drug through the dirt. Not nice, but that's the road she/he went down.

[jfalco]

I don't see how she/he's a victim here. She/he knew she/he had both body parts. She chose not to be honest about it. And she/he got bad advice from someone or multiple people. The powers that be should of been told of her/his condition. I understand that it must've been extremely hard to even think about telling anyone of this, but you have to think down the road. No one in her/his circle did, and neither did he/she. Unless i'm missing something, they chose to lie and now she/he is being drug through the dirt. Not nice, but that's the road she/he went down.

You're definitely missing a lot. First of all, it is unclear if she knew anything about her condition. But this big thing that you are missing is that she is just a kid, who is probably very scared and confused. She will never lead a normal life. The entire world has been made aware of her somewhat embarassing medical condition. You are a heartless prick if you don't feel bad for her. There is no "victim" if not her. In the great scheme of things the races don't matter, but this child has had her life turned upside down.

[ni4ni]

You're definitely missing a lot. First of all, it is unclear if she knew anything about her condition.

At 17, you don't know about your organs whether internal/external?? plz explain that.
As MS stated the media = to dicksheads however I can't believe NO ONE (docs/parents/HER)knew of this condition for 17yrs!!

[jfalco]

At 17, you don't know about your organs whether internal/external?? plz explain that.
As MS stated the media = to dicksheads however I can't believe NO ONE (docs/parents/HER)knew of this condition for 17yrs!!

There has been no report about the appearance of her organs. Often hermaphrodites do not have any functional sex organs and I would be willing to bet that she has the outward appearance of being female. It is perfectly reasonable that this would have gone unnoticed.

[Mooseman33]

You're definitely missing a lot. First of all, it is unclear if she knew anything about her condition. But this big thing that you are missing is that she is just a kid, who is probably very scared and confused. She will never lead a normal life. The entire world has been made aware of her somewhat embarassing medical condition. You are a heartless prick if you don't feel bad for her. There is no "victim" if not her. In the great scheme of things the races don't matter, but this child has had her life turned upside down.

are u kidding me..go cry to someone else.
i feel bad for all the other female athletes "real victims" this he/she beat by breaking the rules, regardless if it was intentional or not.
she has the test of man, her testies are inside, her test levels are against the rules for a female to compete with, which makes her a cheater.

feel sorry for this thing, hell no..