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CovenS7E1 - Validating Femininity in Athletics


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Welcome back, witches, to another season of the Coven! Bubbling in the cauldron this week is the controversy engulfing the World Athletics Association and South African Olympic runner, Caster Semenya. Semenya has a condition called Hyperandrogenism which causes higher levels of testosterone. This has caused raised questions surrounding gender identity and regulations surrounding athletes with sex development disorders. What makes a woman a woman? How is this justified through science or societal means? Find out all this and more in this week's episode of The Coven!
Hosts: Shwetha Sundarrajan and Annie Bastian
Edited by: Annie Bastian
Graphic by: Kellyn Harrison
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