Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Breaks Silence on ‘Bullying’ Over Gender Misconceptions
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Published 2024-08-06
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All Comments (21)
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Clown world
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The International Boxing Association (IBA) tested Karo types, and Imane Khekif and Lin Yu-Ting were identified as 100% men. XY chromosomes, high testerone, there is no way they can be anything but 100% males. The IBA does not own the test. The test was done independently and they received it from India and Indonesian where Imane and Lin were competing. The IBA gave both Imane and Lin and opportunity to retest to show without a doubt that they are female and they refused to do so, so they were disqualified from the world championships. Imane and Lin became enraged that they were testing their gender, but both signed contracts agreeing to be legally tested. And those tests show them to be 100% male. Imane and Lin then went on to compete in the Olympics where the IOC does not test the biological sex of the athlete. The IBA contacted the IOC over a year ago to warn about both of these two fighters because they were concerned about the safety of women. The IOC didn't even respond to the IBA or bother to test Imane and Lin. The IOC only verifies the biological sex of an athlete by what the athlete says and their passport. Thomas Bach, the President of the IOC confirmed that's how they do the verification. They do not test at all. 0:32
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You are incorrect. There were multiple complaints about Khelif and others before the IBA was involved. Multiple women boxers, coaches and organizations had filed complaints about khelif and others being actual biological men. This happened before the IBA was involved. There were rumblings once Khelif hit the adult women's boxing circuit. The IBA and WBO have both stated that Khelif and several others are biological men. This is NOT a game or joke. A male boxer could actually kill or gravely injure a female boxer. Men have 2.6 times the power of a woman. Most of Khelifs supporters aren't athletes, boxers or avid boxing fans and do not know how serious this is. I box and actually know what's going on with this sport.
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Men who describe themselves as transwomen do not belong in the women's category. However, the khalef case is not about gender. The case is about differences in sexual development. This is an opportunity to learn. Khelif could easily be a man with DSDs. What are Khelif's genetics? What is Khelif's internal reproductive structure? Those are the two essential questions.
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There should be three divisions: Men Women Others 😮
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What I love amongst these comments is that I have been to thaliand and I can assure you all these dudes who are so sure of man from woman are wrong a lot of the time.
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نفتخر ببطلتنا ذات القلب القوي إبنة الجزائر إيمان خليف 🇩🇿
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What I do wonder though is if there is a Y Chromosomen and she was to fight a male. Would she still be feeling the same? There is more testosterone in her body so it isn't a fair match. Why can't she fight her y chromosome counterparts? Seems fair to me....but would the result be a winning match. I feel bad for her Situation, but she was born with Y so this match wasn't a fair match. Can't deny the science
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No answer.
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Strong incel vibes on this thread. Easy to see why that is the case.
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"Misconceptions about gender" lol LMAO even
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For those who say that she has xy chromosomes, your evidence please, if you haven't so this is bullying. Shame on you. She is a strong woman, this is the TRUTH, for testosterone it's so normal for an athlete woman to have a high level .
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His name is spelled 1man for a reason!
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he has masculine facial features, and developed mandible
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Bullying?! This person just beat women for the whole world to see and is playing the victim here….this is sad….we are going back time when women had no right and men could do anything…this is disgusting…
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she speaks calm and very good! The Western world is an evil one.
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Compare female boxer, Laila Ali, to Imane Khelif. Laila was gorgeous, strong, in shape, small hands, but soft and you could tell she was a biological woman. Daughter of Mohammed Ali and so you know she had the best boxing trainers and coaches in the world. Now look at Imane. Imane is hard, muscular, narrow waist, long limbs, big hands, broad shoulders and a dominant brow. Imane is a biological man. Laila would need protection from Imane and Yu-Ting. Laila would be massacred by them on their strength alone.
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The bully.
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As expected, she is an olympic level athlete and her primary focus is her sport, understandably. It is sad that she has been dragged into this "culture war" nonsense. To the people who were so sure of themselves; maybe use this as an opportunity to look inward.
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So you can take testosterone, and have XY chromosomes, but can't take steroids?