Since the fall of the Berlin Wall international athletic competitions just haven't been the same. We were always wondering if the East German sprinter/gymnast/shot putter was really a woman.
Well their great tradition continues but it has now moved on to Asia. Santhi Soundarajan, an Indian silver medallist in the 800 metres at the recent Asian games in Doha looks to be stripped of her(?) medal based on the results of a gender test which apparently showed that she did not have the "sexual characteristics of a woman".
Now if I were a misogynist or a male chauvinist running dog I could joke that the gender test included parallel parking (which he passed) and picking the best handbag to go with a pair of shoes (which he failed).
But I'm not.
So I won't.
Well their great tradition continues but it has now moved on to Asia. Santhi Soundarajan, an Indian silver medallist in the 800 metres at the recent Asian games in Doha looks to be stripped of her(?) medal based on the results of a gender test which apparently showed that she did not have the "sexual characteristics of a woman".
Now if I were a misogynist or a male chauvinist running dog I could joke that the gender test included parallel parking (which he passed) and picking the best handbag to go with a pair of shoes (which he failed).
But I'm not.
So I won't.
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