A question of sex

摘要

Agreeing that the sports authorities were shabby, intrusive and untruthful in their handling of the case of Caster Semenya, the 18-year-old South African runner who won a gold medal in Berlin in August, is one thing. De-ciding who is or isrnnot a woman is another, On October nth the Inter-national Association of Athletics Federations said it would try to settle this question for future games. They will need brain-power to match the muscles that they administer. Scientists reckon that at least 17% of people are born with one of several dozen possible in-tersexual conditions.