Caught this article in my twitter feed. As is typical with slashdot you may or may not care for the comments

http://science.slashdot.org/story/09...eone-Is-Female

So, let me get this straight. Usain Bolt shatters world records and he's awesome, a really stellar athlete, but we're not testing him for "unfair genetic advantages" (though I imagine the doping control is all over him). This woman shatters world records and she must be a man, baby.

What really is an "unfair genetic advantage" vs. a "fair genetic advantage" anyway? You're already talking to the statistically excellent representations of their gender, world record and olympic athletes. I guess this is the statistical outlier to the statistical outlier.

And what are transgendered people (especially MtF) really to do? Not compete at all? Is their inherent genetic "advantage" really an advantage after hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery? Any moreso than a statistically tall/athletic woman born a woman?

I guess they really are difficult questions, and it goes to show how competitive and categorical humans really are.

(Totally OT: Reminds me of the Futurama episode where Bender competes as a fem-bot and has to have his oil changed. Hail, hail, Robonia... the land that I didn't make up!)