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7-30-2008 8:32 AM
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debbyski says:
"The tests never unmasked a man posing as a woman, but they did turn up several athletes who were born with genetic defects that made them appear — according to lab results, at least — to be men. In 1967, the Polish sprinter Ewa Klobukowska was barred from the sport because she failed the chromosomal test, even though she had passed the nude test a year earlier. In the 1980s, the Spanish hurdler Maria José Martínez Patino was disqualified because the test revealed, to her surprise, that she was born with a Y chromosome. Her eligibility was reinstated in 1988.
The practice came under increasing criticism in the 1990s by doctors, scientists and athletes who argued that the tests were not just invasive, but were also bad science."
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7-30-2008 9:18 AM
tanyamm
I'm no athlete but I remember years ago, it was when my marriage really started to go bad, my husband told me I wasn't a "real" woman anymore because I'd had a partial hysterectomy. I was devasted at the time as I imagine those poor athletes feel now.
7-30-2008 10:39 AM
debbyski
my husband told me I wasn't a "real" woman anymore because I'd had a partial hysterectomy. I
What a Dick.
7-30-2008 10:44 AM
bignosemousie
What a Dick.
What she said!
7-30-2008 2:36 PM
jt3600
You'll always be real and a women to me. no matter what !
7-30-2008 5:09 PM
tanyamm
Thanks jt3600, I appreciate your saying that.
7-30-2008 5:32 PM
debbyski
I think jt3600 is one of the most intelligent and witty new clippers around Tany

And a nice guy to boot
7-30-2008 5:33 PM
tanyamm
You're right debby
7-31-2008 8:22 AM
debbyski
Give him some POPS people! His clips are awesome
7-31-2008 8:25 AM
debbyski
Oh la, la, it's so much fun making cfc go away . . .
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