Critical Analysis

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 point 15 hours ago (1 child)

has directly admitted to being male and was incorrectly assigned female at birth

The article says no such thing.

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[–] Oryx_404@lemmy.today [S] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 child)

Khelif confirmed she has the SRY gene

I have taken hormone treatments to lower my testosterone levels

Swyer syndrome would lead to low testosterone. There's no other possibility for Khelif being female

I am a girl. I was raised as a girl, I grew up as a girl, the people in my village have always known me as a girl," Khelif said.

Incorrectly AFAB.

This community is for critical analysis, but that does not include "nuh uh!". What alternative explanation can you offer?

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

I'm not knowledgeable enough to comment on the medical side. I can confidently say however that nowhere in the article does she "directly admit to being male" and to having been "incorrectly assigned at birth". That's your interpretation.

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[–] Oryx_404@lemmy.today [S] 1 point 3 hours ago (1 child)

The medical side is what makes the statement true.

SRY = male except in very rare cases. Khelif is not one of those cases, and thus is male.

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 point 3 hours ago (1 child)

Read what I'm telling you. She did not "directly admit" to anything of the sort. You're interpreting.

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[–] Oryx_404@lemmy.today [S] 1 point 3 hours ago (1 child)

Directly in the sense that it was something Khelif directly said. There were leaked sex tests before this that people dismissed as rumor.

These statements came directly from Khelif and can only be interpreted as Khelif being male. The statements cannot be interpreted as Khelif being female.

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 point 3 hours ago (1 child)

Directly in the sense that it was something Khelif directly said.

That is not how "directly" works. An example of a "direct" quote would be "I am not a trans woman, I am a girl. I was raised as a girl, I grew up as a girl, the people in my village have always known me as a girl" - which, coincidentally, refutes your interpretation of her "admitting" to being male.

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[–] Oryx_404@lemmy.today [S] 1 point 2 hours ago (1 child)

The quotes that came directly from Khelif mean that Khelif is male. You're ignoring the quote that came directly from Khelif admitting to having an SRY gene.

That doesn't refute Khelif being male. That simply means Khelif was incorrectly AFAB, because again, Khelif is self-admittedly male.

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 point 2 hours ago (1 child)

Show me the quote where she says "I am male" and/or "I am a man". Anything else is your interpretation.

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[–] Oryx_404@lemmy.today [S] 1 point 2 hours ago (1 child)

Khelif confirmed she has the SRY gene

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 point 2 hours ago (1 child)

So close, that's her saying she has the SRY gene. Show me the quote where she says “I am male” and/or “I am a man”.

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[–] Oryx_404@lemmy.today [S] 1 point 2 hours ago (1 child)

In which cases does SRY not mean male?

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 point 2 hours ago

I don't know, not my concern.