Michelle Johnson

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  Michelle commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  Update: Caster Semenya Gets Strip Searched Inside & Out

  by an MD.
  "Female development will occur unless maleness is actively induced by the Y chromosome. In females, the gonads become ovaries; ...and the phallus becomes a clitoris. In males, the Y chromosome causes the gonads to develop into testicles, which start to produce the male hormone testosterone by 9 to 10 weeks of pregnancy. Testosterone leads to development of the penis and scrotum and the internal tubular system that will later carry sperm. Another hormone produced by the testicles, anti-mullerian hormone (AMH), inhibits the development of a uterus and vagina."

  
  

  Base on the article, when Semenya was born, she did not have enough testosterone to produce a penis and scrotum.   She also did not have enough "AMH" to inhibit the development of a vagina. Therefore she was born a female. Y chromosomes did not actively induce maleness. All women create testosterone. Some create more than others.  This doen't make you any less of a women.  It also doesn't mean that your oravies are now "internal testes" because they produce a lot of testosterones. If they vote her to be a male, then they are redefining the longstanding definition of a female.

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  Michelle commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  Update: Caster Semenya Gets Strip Searched Inside & Out

  by an MD.
  "Female development will occur unless maleness is actively induced by the Y chromosome. In females, the gonads become ovaries; ...and the phallus becomes a clitoris. In males, the Y chromosome causes the gonads to develop into testicles, which start to produce the male hormone testosterone by 9 to 10 weeks of pregnancy. Testosterone leads to development of the penis and scrotum and the internal tubular system that will later carry sperm. Another hormone produced by the testicles, anti-mullerian hormone (AMH), inhibits the development of a uterus and vagina."

  
  

  Base on the article, when Semenya was born, she did not have enough testosterone to produce a penis and scrotum.   She also did not have enough "AMH" to inhibit the development of a vagina. Therefore she was born a female. Y chromosomes did not actively induce maleness. All women create testosterone. Some create more than others.  This doen't make you any less of a women.  It also doesn't mean that your oravies are now "internal testes" because they produce a lot of testosterones. If they vote her to be a male, then they are redefining the longstanding definition of a female.