Perspective: The scrutiny of Caster Semenya’s body fits into an ugly pattern
South Africa's Caster Semenya runs to the finish line to win the women's 1500-meter final at Carrara Stadium during the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. By Alex Barasch Alex Barasch is a freelance journalist. He covers science and culture. May 2 at 2:59 PM On Wednesday, Olympic champion Caster Semenya lost her case against the International Association of Athletics Federation .
Semenya’s case — and the response to it — foregrounds an ongoing attempt to restrict, delimit and otherwise define women’s bodies. Many are already suffering as a result of this heightened policing of biology and behavior.
Crucially, the assertion used to justify “sex testing” — that testosterone levels are the determining factor in athletic achievement — is also tenuous, at best. As Myron Genel, an endocrinologist and professor emeritus at Yale, noted in an interview, “There is an appalling lack of actual physiological data that compares performance in any sort of authoritative way that relates to sex hormones.
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