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General interestA Lab of One's Own (Hardcover): One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science
A Lab of One's Own (Hardcover) One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science
By Rita Colwell, PhD, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Published August 4, 2020
See the link below.
According to the book publisher, Simon & Schuster: A riveting memoir-manifesto from the first female director of the National Science Foundation about the entrenched sexism in science, the elaborate detours women have taken to bypass the problem, and how to fix the system.
If you think sexism thrives only on Wall Street or in Hollywood, you haven’t visited a lab, a science department, a research foundation, or a biotech firm.
Sure. They could dispel the rumors that they are men at any time. But they don't.
The fact I've seen men defending these boxers on X and calling Angela Carini all manner of sexist slurs suggests to me that everyone does know who the man was and who the woman was.
I'm convinced he absolutely knows he's a man. He might not have known at one point if his sex truly started out as ambiguous, but he definitely does know now and has for a while. My gut is telling me he likes hitting women because of what happened to him: he resents them for growing up into proper women, unlike him, who turned out to be an inferior male.
He also went into the Olympics knowing this would happen, and possibly even counted on it to gain sympathy, especially given the current climate.
This is a helpful thread from one of the Reduxx journalist who originally broke the story. It really would be very simple for Khelif and Lin to prove they are women. That they don't says everything.
That was a good read, thank you. Saying basically the same thing: why not just prove that they’re female? Answer: because they can’t.
That one didn't challenge and the other did but withdrew the challenge is pretty interesting. Sums it up right there. Thanks for sharing.
I read that the results of the appeal become public knowledge once the appeal is complete. If Khelif hadn’t withdrawn the appeal the type of testing and the results would have been made public. Call me cynical but I think that’s the reason the appeal was withdrawn.
Yes. The CAS hearings are public. That's how we found out precisely which DSD Caster Semenya has. Because he challenged it.
Please consider making this a post!! Great read!
That was short and to the point and explained everything really well! Thanks for sharing ❤️
All these untrustworthy organizations are behaving as though they haven't pissed away their credibility over the past 20-30 years. If the IOC weren't so dishonest about practically everything (including bending over backwards to allow TIMs to compete), maybe there wouldn't be so much controversy here.
It would be the easiest thing in the world to do a quick cheek swab and show everyone that they have XX chromosomes and let that be the end of it. In fact they don't even need to do more tests, they just have to give permission to the two labs (from two different countries) that already did the tests for the IBA to release their confidential results and it would put the matter to bed entirely.
The fact that they refuse to release the results or submit to another simple cheek swab, and have even declined to appeal the IBA decision (which would have made their test results a matter of public record) should be proof enough for anyone following this debacle.
They're both men. End of.
EVERYONE in Khelif's life knows he is male and if he has a DSD, they've known since puberty.
His parents know. His coach knows. His doctor knows. His country knows. The IOC knows. The IBA knows. His opponents know. Everyone watching knows.
They are lying right to our faces and telling us to not believe the evidence of our own eyes. It's gaslighting in the extreme and it is INFURIATING.
Because the religion is that a man can be or do whatever he wants and hiding behind “medical privacy” and “dignity” and accusing anyone who disagrees of attacking and harming individuals is how they rig the system.
Also, these athletes all have to stand naked in front of a stranger and pee in a cup for doping tests. That’s how they know these two male boxers have elevated testosterone.
But sure, the indignity of a cheek swab and some clear guidelines about who is disqualified for not being female is too much.
Also, these athletes all have to stand naked in front of a stranger and pee in a cup for doping tests. That’s how they know these two male boxers have elevated testosterone.>
If that’s the case, wouldn’t someone have noticed male genitalia? Even ambiguous genitalia? Or is it like a drug test for employment and you’re allowed in a stall but the monitor is outside the stall?
But yes, even if someone noticed something off, men are allowed to do pretty much whatever they want. Your point is well taken.
They’re not tasked with determining the sex of the competitor, just to make sure the athlete is urinating.
Is their testosterone elevated above female levels? Above PCOS levels? Are their levels high enough to indicate either a testosterone producing tumor or maleness? Does anyone know?
Has anyone run Lin Yu-Ting's or Imane Khelif's faces through Giggle's facial recognition software yet? That would be fun to try out.
Because if they came out and told everyone that I-man is a typical biological male liar with XY chromosomes and fully developed penis and testicles, they would have to disallow him from competing since his claim was that he was "assigned female at birth" and raised as a girl. They would have to admit that XY chromosomes make you a man even if you say you are a woman, which is woke blasphemy and would set a precedent that TIMs would also not be allowed to compete in women's sport. I do not believe that I-man has a DSD, but even if he did, he should not be allowed to compete against women. It's a cover-up to hold up the precedent that men can compete as women as long as they say that they are women, no other evidence required.
They would have to admit that XY chromosomes make you a man even if you say you are a woman, which is woke blasphemy and would set a precedent that TIMs would also not be allowed to compete in women's sport. I do not believe that I-man has a DSD, but even if he did, he should not be allowed to compete against women. It's a cover-up to hold up the precedent that men can compete as women as long as they say that they are women, no other evidence required.>
Absolutely. This is a crazy time to be alive. Worst of all is that most people know what sex they and others are. Sexing other people is instinctive and at least partially unconscious. I very much doubt that anyone is looking at the two boxers in question and saying female at the gut level. Yet entire societies are willing to shout that a man is a woman from the rooftops.
It’s like we’ve gone collectively insane on this and so many other issues.
Agreed. The IOC is the main culprit in this story, precisely because they refuse to be transparent about their athletes. A simple cheek swab and everyone would look like an idiot and owe an heartfelt apology to the boxers... unless, of course, they're men.
If I were a female boxer wrongly accused of being a man by a corrupt federation, I would absolutely use this opportunity to clear my name. I would call for the cheek swab myself, and shove my results in the face of anyone who's called me a man.
Of course, if I were a man, I would do everything I can for the test not to happen. A gold medal brings both prestige and money, after all.
My husband asked me in light of this how I would feel if I had to undergo a genetic test to compete, and learned I was XY.
I said “I would accept reality, and understand that I’m male and shouldn’t compete!”
Most men do not understand this answer, because they would not give it.
Always gets me when men ask that. As if every single woman on earth who has had a period every month of their lives since they were 12, 13, 14 years old wouldn't know they're female.
If I had never had a period and never grown breasts like Khelif, I wouldn't be surprised at all to find out I was XY at 25 years of age.
The "no period by adulthood" thing is such a massive red flag that something is wrong, reproductively, that unless they get literally no healthcare, there's no excuse for them not knowing something is wrong.
Now, there are other reasons a girl might never get a period than being XY, but a doctor would track the cause down if you came in at 16/17 saying you've never had one.
He knows. How could he NOT know? But it makes him a better boxer so he hasn't expressed it publicly.
Yes, so would I. It’s not like a persons biological sex is generally secret or privately held information.
If people actually treated him as a woman there would be tons of post criticising her with "why didn’t she take a DNA test already??"
Yep. These same people were shitting on a female rugby player last week and calling her "manly".