headlines - From the time of competition to now.
Do you think there has been an agenda as to how her photographs
have been used? Would you argue on any ethical issues?
Use some of the pictures or page layouts from newspapers to
support your argument.
Source: Badische Zeitung
A search on Google News reveals that the coverage surrounding Semenya's gender peaked in August 2009 after the story was broken by an Australian publication.
While few of the headlines over the last few months have been particularly scathing - instead often showing sympathy towards Semnya in her plight - , the choice of images that the media have used to accompany her story have not really aided her cause.
While there does not appear to have been any deliberate attempt by photographers to capture her in especially unfeminine behaviour - by virtue of her athletic lifestyle, Semenya is portrayed androgenously - as a professional athlete.
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