Thank you for using your platform to bring more sunlight onto the horrible treatment that Imane Khelif has been subjected to. As you wrote: "It's about women athletes only being valid when they meet arbitrary standards of femininity as defined through the male gaze." This is absolutely true and, unfortunately, it's also long been true about every girl and woman. We have to step up and step in when we see girls and women being subjected to this kind of hatred.
Even if she WAS a woman with XY chromosomes, intersex people/people with sex chromosome disorders are everywhere and you’d have no idea. I had a surprise pregnancy when I was 41 so we did all the genetic testing, it’s how we found out she has 47 XXX, meaning she has 3 X chromosomes and you’d never know just looking at her.
Thank you for all the detail concerning this important topic. I thought you hit all the relevant issues of stupid ass white men who support the orange Cheeto...or any right wing nut job!
Great, great, GREAT piece, what a terrific educator, advocate and writer you are. Deepest gratitude and a humble bow, we are lucky to have you, Charlotte.
Thank you for using your platform to bring more sunlight onto the horrible treatment that Imane Khelif has been subjected to. As you wrote: "It's about women athletes only being valid when they meet arbitrary standards of femininity as defined through the male gaze." This is absolutely true and, unfortunately, it's also long been true about every girl and woman. We have to step up and step in when we see girls and women being subjected to this kind of hatred.
Even if she WAS a woman with XY chromosomes, intersex people/people with sex chromosome disorders are everywhere and you’d have no idea. I had a surprise pregnancy when I was 41 so we did all the genetic testing, it’s how we found out she has 47 XXX, meaning she has 3 X chromosomes and you’d never know just looking at her.
Thank you for all the detail concerning this important topic. I thought you hit all the relevant issues of stupid ass white men who support the orange Cheeto...or any right wing nut job!
Great, great, GREAT piece, what a terrific educator, advocate and writer you are. Deepest gratitude and a humble bow, we are lucky to have you, Charlotte.