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The Meaning of Caster Semenya

Gender a more fluid concept than sports are prepared to handle

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 23, 2009 1:43 PM CST

(Newser) – South Africa has rallied around Caster Semenya, but the IAAF still has no idea what to do with her—or the question of gender as a whole. Semenya’s case is particularly personal for South Africans. The country has an unusually high number of intersexed...   Read full story »

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