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The (Unofficial) Caster Semenya Results Are In: The Sports World Is Ignorant and Sexist

Dave Zirin, Sherry Wolf, The Nation. September 15, 2009.

Caster Semenya's unofficial results illuminate the intensity of a culture obsessed with short-sighted definitions.

What Does Caster Semenya's Sex Teach Us About Competitive Culture?

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. August 25, 2009.

Semenya, regardless of gender, represents an important disruption in a culture whose M.O. is oversimplification.

Stop the Humiliating 'Sex-Testing' of Champion Runner Caster Semenya

Dave Zirin, Sherry Wolf, The Nation. August 22, 2009.

South African runner Caster Semenya shouldn't be the one humiliated by "gender testing"-- it's the outdated views of athletic officials that are embarrassing.