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Women's Rights & Issues

Pamela Troy

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4. Do those "lady bits"

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 20, 2024, 03:49 PM

Aug 2024

include a uterus? Ovaries?

Khelif plainly went through male puberty, and likely has 5-ARD, a DSD that causes undescended testicles and can lead to infants being mistakenly recorded as female. It is really fair for athletes who went through male puberty to compete with athletes who did not?

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Imane Khelif is just the latest case of female athletes being questioned over their sex [View all] Jilly_in_VA Aug 2024 OP

"Amid conservative accusations" I assume they mean from "conservatives" Eliot Rosewater Aug 2024 #1

She has bona fide lady bits, and has since birth, that is not at issue getagrip_already Aug 2024 #2

Do those "lady bits" Pamela Troy Aug 2024 #4

Well now im not a doctor, and didnt examine her getagrip_already Aug 2024 #5

Not if the athlete has a DSD. Pamela Troy Aug 2024 #6

Im not going there...... getagrip_already Aug 2024 #7

Why is this so controversial? Pamela Troy Aug 2024 #8

All i can council you is that you will find it a very emotional discussion getagrip_already Aug 2024 #9

I am always respectful. Pamela Troy Aug 2024 #10

Republicans cannot resist... GiqueCee Aug 2024 #3