Does Dude Look Like a Lady?

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Circa89

she does appear to have highly developed browridges which are uniquely male and is that an Adam's apple I see?

I don't see the Adam's apple. As for the brow ridge, I have met women with those.

I'm sticking to my explanation of steroids.

[LChoy]

A couple of years ago, there was a member of the Canadian women's mountain biking team that use to be a man. There was a bit of controversy as well on whether she should be allowed to participate in the Summer Olympics

[habernac]

Originally Posted by Lchoy

A couple of years ago, there was a member of the Canadian women's mountain biking team that use to be a man. There was a bit of controversy as well on whether she should be allowed to participate in the Summer Olympics

he/she is a downhill mtber and wouldn't have been in the Oly's as only XC mountain biking is there. I believe the controversy was for the Canadian or North American championships.

[SteveToms]

Nm

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by blankall

I don't see the Adam's apple. As for the brow ridge, I have met women with those.

I'm sticking to my explanation of steroids.

If it was steroids, I'm pretty sure she'd have been caught by now or most every girl athlete would be using what she's using.

I've heard that sometimes in the womb, the baby gets a dose of the wrong hormones so the child is born with the wrong genitals while still being genetically the other sex. So she could be xy but born with female genitalia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swyer_syndrome

[Kidder]

What if an athlete was a hermaphrodite? Would that bar them from competing in either gender class?

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

If it was steroids, I'm pretty sure she'd have been caught by now or most every girl athlete would be using what she's using.

I've heard that sometimes in the womb, the baby gets a dose of the wrong hormones so the child is born with the wrong genitals while still being genetically the other sex. So she could be xy but born with female genitalia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swyer_syndrome

It's easier to get away with steroids than you think. I know a few athletes who have competed in international atheletics who've gotten away with it.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by blankall

It's easier to get away with steroids than you think. I know a few athletes who have competed in international atheletics who've gotten away with it.

I'm sure you do and I'd bet most of today's top athletes are on something which makes the field fairly even. I've even seen remarkable improvements in high school athletes that seems unexplainable. The thing about this, is that she's so much better than the other women. Maybe South Africa has some new drugs, but I wouldn't think so or else their other athletes would be dominating too.