Should the Olympics ban female athletes who aren't 'feminine' enough?

LONDON OLYMPICS Is it unfair to ban female Olympians with too much testosterone? Olympic officials are reportedly considering new "gender verification" guidelines that would bar women from competing if they are too masculine MICROSOFT Microsoft's game-changing Surface tablets: 5 talking points The venerable tech giant leaps into the hardware business with a dynamic line of Windows 8 touchscreen slabs. Should Apple be afraid? EUROPE'S ECONOMIC CRISIS Greece averts disaster: What's next for the eurozone? Voters in Greece give markets a brief reprieve from their daily diet of panic, but the European debt crisis isn't even close to being over THE DARK KNIGHT RISES The Dark Knight Rises: Is a midnight screening ticket really worth $150? The endlessly hyped conclusion to Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy opens in just a few weeks, and opportunistic scalpers are seizing on the excitement RELIGION Fight Church: Evangelicals who fight in the name of Jesus A new documentary stars men trying to answer an age-old question: "Can you love your neighbor as yourself and at the same time knee him in the face?" PARENTING CONTROVERSIES The Texas school that allegedly scrubbed down an 8-year-old 'jail-style' Texas parents sue their school district, claiming that officials told their third grader he was dirty, made him undress, and violently washed him HEALTH Does gastric bypass surgery cause alcoholism? A new study finds that some weight-loss surgeries can increase patients' risk of alcohol abuse once they've shed unwanted pounds SEE ALL CARTOONS MENTAL_FLOSS 8 brilliant scientific screw-ups SLATE Why are Poland Spring bottles so crinkly? BUSINESS INSIDER Man caught on video vandalizing Picasso at museum NEW YORK MAGAZINE More Asians immigrate to the U.S. than Hispanics NEWSER Cafe owner dies trapped in cooler Political debate prep: John Kerry plays Mitt Romney, and 7 other odd substitutes The Massachusetts Democrat will stand in for the Massachusetts Republican during Obama's debate rehearsals. Here, a pictorial guide to other faux sparring partners         Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy  Copyright © 2012 The Week, All rights reserved.