Caster Semenya: "I know I'm a girl, I have nothing to hide" | Pippa Hudson 

All sports are divided into categories so that competition is fair. Heavy weight boxers do not compete against light weights. Swimmers with two legs do not compete against swimmers with one leg. Twelve year olds do not compete against twenty year old people. In most sports, men do not compete against women... No fault of his/her own, but Caster Semenya should not be competing against women who are biologically female, since clearly, he/she is not. This situation is sad, but it's not unfair. What is unfair is when athletes who are not biologically female compete against those who are. Period.

Hi Caster .This young lady has gone throug so much about her sexuality, heaven only knows how she could remain so calm and retain her mental health. Good luck Caster, lots of LOVE im a big fan of yours. Johnny.

Thank you, Miss Caster for being a Wise Woman.

Thank u so much for this powerful interview. Castor your a blessing and the God lives in you. This is part of your purpose. May we as Africans give you the support you need as this is for all of us.

Thank you for telling your story as your know and experienced it Caster.

U are a Gift from God Caster, May God Bless u More, remain calm& strong, never give up on anything, u went thru a lot, # ubanqobile

What??? 29:01 "If I was a woman that produce a sperm to produce a seed, I would say yes and walk away because it gives me advantage." Did Castor get sperm tested? How would Castor know if sperm does not produce a seed? Women don't have the anatomy to produce sperm.

He is married to a woman...they have two children.

Thank you Caster stand still

A gift from God. Thank you.

Caster was not disabled. What other category could they have made up for her besides participating with women as she is also one🥺.

You are a superstar girl

If anyone knows her story they would understand. She was born in a third world country - and if you are born with a visible vagina in a third world country, you are a girl. And her voice was probably higher as a young child and when she missed her period, her family probably thought it was because she was training very hard - gymnastics never get their period until after they retire. (Look at Nadia Comaneci- she got her period and actually got taller after she stopped competition). In Western countries people may rush to the gynecologist if their child is not menstruating- but probably not if their child is a gymnast. The first time she ever went to a gynecologist was when she was 18 and the IOC sent here - she never even knew what that kind of doctor was. Everyone wants to apply First World Country concepts to the Third World. Many women never see a gynecologist in third world countries and never see an Obstetrician until they are in the delivery room of a hospital - it is too expensive. She has XY chromosomes, but she her body did not fully masculinize in the womb after the first trimester as XY males do. -She is genetically male. -But she is Phenotypically female/male- vaginal canal, testes, no uterus or fallopian tubes. -And her gender (social construct) is female. Everyone starts as a female and those with XY chromosomes starts to develop male characteristics after the second month. (That’s why male genitalia does not show on a sonogram until after the second month - only a genetic test before the third month can tell XY). And XY does not always lead to an XY male Phenotype. There is Klienfelters Syndrome and many other genetic disorders. Not everyone in the population is XY or XX. .08% of the world population can be XO XXY XXX And some people never know their true sex type, unless it shows in their phenotype.

Caster would have closed this debate at its beginning if she was a woman but he couldn't

There is a whole lot of bad in this. My points: - Firstly, and most importantly, being a woman is not a feeling or an upbringing or a way of dressing. Randomly claiming womanhood on those bases is absolutely misogynistic and diminishing. - Yes, the sporting body handled this abhorrently... but so did Caster and his team! At puberty, the whole family must have known that this individual did not meet female markers. Did the family check with a gyne as to why there was no period, why a deep voice and a masculine physique developed, etc? - We know now that this is not only about testosterone, though that was the marker most referenced in the early days. Caster keeps talking about studies in sports science and anatomy but spews nonsense of those who have not. A Y chromosome leads to a stronger physique and muscles, better oxygen synthesization etc etc. Then, the gyne used birth control pills to modify his testosterone levels... and told him that this is not made for his body. What else is there to question here?! - This is no story of survival beyond the odds; this is someone who is trying to circumvent the rules. He represents himself a being born without a uterus etc. Well, that's what one will classify as a man! And he has testes, though they are internal!! What he has is a condition that caused his external male sex organs to not develop. That does not negate maleness! If you are born with a Y chromosome and male gonads, you are a male! - This has nothing to do with Asians and Africans being a threat. A look at the history books will show that there were instances with Europeans and Americans decades ago. What I think is that the first world countries have better testing so are currently able to identify these occurrences early in life. - There are never going to be any categories that will have equal participants! I keep saying that the identical Pliskova twins in tennis have had very different results. I wonder, if the family had misrepresented his age and he was out there with a beard saying he is 12, would we feel the same sympathy even as there are children who outperform adults in athletics. - He is asking that women make decisions for women. Well, women have! Look at how the other athletes responded with horror when Gold, Silver and Bronze in the 800m in Rio went to three DSD athletes. Look at that horror of having Fraser-Price, someone who had a baby and, with more dedication and determination than he speaks of, was able to qualify for the Olympics... and was not able to get the bronze because of someone who came in with a physical advantage. Shame!! And don't conflate silence with the fact that women have been silenced, including with the trans movement. - Sex matters. Women have rights... and those are not the same as Caster Semenya's rights! Sebastian Coe did not go far enough with DSDs is what I think! Funny that these calls for classification because of difference in sex development are never a problem in men's sports. I wonder why?! Like I say with transgenders, advocate for your own categories and stop oppressing women!

Here's my question...was he born with women's body parts? Is he intersex? Whats the real deal? And i don't want to hear that its not my business! If he/she is doing interviews concerning this matter then all questions are valid.

Can he stop rtying to convince us he's a woman. Hes clearly a man. This thing of I'm a masculine woman is nonsense.

This is a strength that comes from God that I see in Caster Semenya.

No comment, kum shame. I don't know what I don't know.

What does this supposed to mean.is God tired

0:05 0:07 0:09 more caster oil..but it's a man..got such a lot of money in a deceitful way..shame shame shame

Most African women who aren't biracial look like males.... especially in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Togo, Sudan, and the ones in Jamaica and Haiti as well.