Playing into Western stereotypes of femininity…

The controversy over 800m race winner Caster Semenya is not a matter of he versus she. It’s a battle of standards of feminine beauty,  a lop-sided one in which Western standards continue to win single-handed. The same stereotypical physical definitions of thinness, little or no strength, and a large chest are the rigid standards of what a woman “should look like.” Facial beauty of a … Continue reading Playing into Western stereotypes of femininity…