Another problem is that security measures the U.S. military regards as normal and necessary are frightening and humiliating for Muslim women.

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It has been a history filled with disappointment, including a last-place finish at the 1998 World Cup, a drubbing made all the more humiliating when the women's team won the World Cup in 1999.

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Chuene was forced into a humiliating climbdown after previously denying that Semenya had been tested before going to Berlin to win the women's 800m title.

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