Putting the shoe on the other foot.

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/transsexual-beauty-queen-disqualified-from-miss-universe-canada-competition-2012263

The shoe on the other foot

In a world where being female is not only a distinct advantage, it is the only way to compete, Jenna Talackova, pushes gender boundaries much in the same way that Caster Semenya did in track and field. Aiming to compete in the Miss. Universe Canada crown, Jenna Talackova was disqualified because she is transgender. Since age four, she has always identified as female. She started hormone therapy at the age of 14 and gender reassignment surgery at age 19.Even though she has always identified as female, and had her sex drastically altered to reflect that,  it was not good enough for the organization and she was disqualified from competition.

I find this to be relative and interesting because it shows the inverse of the Caster Semenya. In the case of Caster, she competed where it would be considered a benefit to be a man.  When the possibility of her being a man arose so did the possibility of her being disqualified. In contrast, in beauty pageants, it would be considered to be a distinct disadvantage to be born male, as beauty is not necessarily considered to be a male trait. Despite the fact that her born sex was a disadvantage Jenna was still disqualified. My theory is this: it doesn’t matter if the sex confusion would be advantageous or disadvantageous. What matters is if the individual is different, they are immediately hated and scorned. It’s time for the world to wake up, and get rid of these binary categories.