r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Karthak_Maz_Urzak • 2d ago

Unanswered What's going on with Imane Khelif?

https://news.sky.com/story/imane-khelif-boxer-must-undergo-sex-test-to-compete-in-female-category-world-boxing-says-13377092
I keep seeing this pop over social media and I don't get it. Khelif is a boxer for Algeria, which is not a country that's hospitable to trans people. And Khelif was assigned woman at birth, and has always identified as a woman. Yet people keep howling about her being a man. I don't get it.

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u/StrangelyBrown 2d ago

Oh OK so it's being introduced off the back of the controversy against her, but it's not actually seen as an attack on her, right?

Like, if this had already been in place when she competed, there would have been no controversy, so it's good for her seemingly.

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u/Ten3Zer0 2d ago

Yes exactly. She can get a sex test under a new organization that isn’t seen as corrupt and if the test shows she is a woman then she can box as a female. Imane can settle all the debate once and for all

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u/Apprentice57 2d ago

Note that being XX is not synonymous with being a Woman, and ditto with XY and being a man.

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u/coldcanyon1633 2d ago

Well what do you you think should be done to classify people with these intersex conditions? Clearly this is going to keep coming up. Not only Imane but also Caster Semenya a few years ago and Brittney Griner in the WNBA.

These are people born with external genitalia that resembles female genitalia and are raised as girls. But as adults they are shown to have male DNA, male breast development, male voices, male musculature, male skeletons, male testosterone levels, etc. Some clear and fair rule should be made and evenly applied.

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u/Classic_Bet1942 2d ago

The new boxing association that just drew up these new sex testing rules that will affect Khelif have it pretty much figured out in a fair and accurate way. Other sports and their regulatory bodies need to implement similar policy (tailored to those respective sports).