The world champion 800m runner Caster Semenya is said to have undescended Testis, High levels of Testosterone, but apparently (not clearly stated) external female genitalia.
She apparently also identifies and behaves as a female.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/secret-of-semenyas-sex-stripped-bare/2009/09/11/1252519599453.html
The newspaper articles say she "is technically a hermaphrodite"
More likely she has Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome.
This raises interesting questions of what determines our identity as female or male?
Our genitals?
Our Chromosomes?
Our Gonads?
Or our personal brain identity?
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