{"id":99891,"date":"2016-07-01T08:50:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T16:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=99891"},"modified":"2016-07-01T08:52:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T16:52:50","slug":"nyt-the-humiliating-practice-of-sex-testing-female-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=99891","title":{"rendered":"NYT: The Humiliating Practice of Sex-Testing Female Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.unz.com\/isteve\/the-irresistible-mood-music-of-minoritarianism\/\">Steve Sailer writes<\/a>: Anyone with any self-awareness should grasp that women\u2019s sports are based on a Plessy v. 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