Confusion leads to chaos. That’s what happened after the women’s preliminary round boxing match at the Paris Olympics. By now, many of us have read the news and controversy on the Net.
Angela Carini of Italy quit the bout against Imane Khelif of Algeria after only 46 seconds. She cried that “. . . one punch hurt so much.” And that she never had been hit that hard before.
That was all it took for people to brand Imane, who has the physique of a male, a transgender. Many celebrities weighed in on the accusation and branded the match as misogyny and other gender/inequality issues.
Only after the dust had settled did the facts surface. Imane is a woman, but has a rare genetic condition—she has an X chromosome and a Y chromosome (pattern for males). Medical authorities call this:
Swyer syndrome. Huh?
It’ s “having normal female reproductive organs, including a uterus, fallopian tubes, and vagina. However, the ovaries do not develop and are replaced by clumps of tissue where they would normally form.” This syndrome is usually not diagnosed until puberty, when menstrual periods do not begin as they should.
Gender issues have caught fire and it can no longer be extinguished. It has drawn an irreconcilable and irreparable wide wedge between those who believe in the creation and those who posit inclusivity.
Alas, there will be many more of this in the coming days.
“But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.” 2 Timothy 3:1 ESV
First photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images
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