Monday, December 18, 2006


She/He/It Fails A Gender Test...


She is not a she, and maybe, not a he. Shanti Soundarajan, the winner of the silver medal in the women's 800 meters, has been stripped of her/his medal for failing a gender test.
A gender test.
What in the name of all that is holy is that? Really, one would think that all it takes is a glance at the equipment by people in the know. Perhaps a panel: Rosie O'Donnell, Bill Clinton, and Madonna; or, in this case, a gynecologist, endocrinologist, an internist and psychologist.
Apparently there was no wang; but, the hoo-ha did not pass muster, either. Shanti has too many Y chromosomes, hence the dispute.
Yikes.
In the words of Austin Danger Powers, "That's a man, baby."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

yea, baby, yea

The Lifeguard said...

Scary, isn't it? Not the picture, so much, as the fact that there is a need for gender testing.

Yikes.