How The Male Controversy in Olympic Boxing Affects You

The Situation Is Really Complex, But It’s Been Made Very Complicated

Everyone is outraged about the Olympic boxing spectacle. And with every retweet and moral commentary, the agenda gets yet more exposure to the mainstream. Another sneaky win for the cult. - C. Woody

Picture of Imane and this olympic boxing match

Greetings, this is Franklin O’Kanu with a super impromptu podcast, and it’s about this whole fight thing. This fight reminds me of the big controversy back in 2015:

You’re referring to “The Dress” controversy!

In February 2015, a viral photo of a dress sparked a heated debate online, with people sharply divided over whether the dress was:

1. White and Gold

2. Blue and Black

The disagreement was so intense that it became a global phenomenon, with #TheDress trending on social media. The debate even reached the scientific community, with experts weighing in on the possible explanations for the differing perceptions.

The dress was eventually revealed to be blue and black by the manufacturer, but the controversy remained a fascinating example of how our brains can interpret visual information differently, and how social influence can shape our perceptions.

It was a classic case of a “color perception” controversy, highlighting the complexities of human vision and cognition!

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Fast forward to the present, and we’re seeing something similar with the Olympic boxing controversy. I found out about this yesterday and thought, “Oh my gosh, that’s horrible!” At first, I thought it was clearly a transgender man, and then I realized that a lot of my friends and left-leaning friends thought, “No, she’s a woman.” That’s interesting, right?

What was more interesting was when I ran into

Marc Palasciano

’s comments, and he said, “What are you guys talking about? This is clearly a woman.” He showed a picture, and in my head, I thought, “Why are we saying this is a woman just based on a picture? Do we have more evidence here?” I just thought this whole thing was weird.

So, I reached out to my left-leaning friends, and one said, “Hey, listen, that’s a woman. She has what’s known as DSD.”

I realized this is very, very complicated. If you pay attention to my podcast, you know there’s a difference between complicated and complex. Whenever something is complicated, you have to realize that there’s something at play here. So, I gave in and thought, “Let’s look into what exactly this is.”

And that’s what this article is about. Instead of the dress controversy, we’re diving into the male controversy in Olympic boxing. Specifically, we’re discussing the athlete Imane Khelif and the question: Is Imane male or female?

My answer is that he’s a male. This is the male we’re talking about. But it’s interesting why we’re even discussing this. Let’s go through the facts of the situation.