54 Citations
An approach to the biological, historical and psychological repercussions of gender verification in top level competitions
- Education
- 2010
Martinez-Patino MJ, Mateos-Padorno C, Martinez-Vidal A, Sanchez AM, Garcia JL, Diaz MP, Tourino CF. An approach to the biological, historical and psychological repercussions of gender verification in…
Out of Bounds? A Critique of the New Policies on Hyperandrogenism in Elite Female Athletes
- EducationThe American journal of bioethics : AJOB
- 2012
The new policies in response to Caster Semenya's case are questioned on three grounds: the underlying scientific assumptions; the policymaking process; and the potential to achieve fairness for female athletes.
Bodies, borders, and Caster Semenya: geocorporeality and the disciplinary work of imaginary geographies
- SociologyGender, Place & Culture
- 2021
Abstract The sex and gender status of elite athlete Caster Semenya has been the focus of much public debate concerning the legal and semantic boundaries of women’s bodies and of the need to create a…
MASCULINITY AS AN IDENTITY AND AS A CLUSTER OF TRAITS
- Psychology
- 2021
The paper presents the concept of masculinity within the non-binary and multilayered model of gender/sex traits. Within that model, masculinity is not a simple idea, but rather is fragmented into…
The End of Compulsory Gender Verification: Is It Progress for Inclusion of Women in Sports?
- EducationArchives of sexual behavior
- 2021
The case of Martinez-Patiño remains in the collective memory of elite sports and serves as an argument for national and international sporting institutions to reconsider discriminating policies in the context of progress being made for women’s rights.
The Medical Examination of Lady Competitors: Sex Control in Skiing, 1967–2000
- EducationThe International Journal of the History of Sport
- 2021
Abstract The International Ski Federation (FIS) instituted sex testing protocols in 1967. In doing so, it followed the example set by the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) and became…
The Epistemic Injustice Expressed in “Normalizing” Surgery on Children with Intersex Traits
- Medicine
- 2020
In contrast to Morgan Carpenter, the nonbinary gender category is defended as being important to limiting “normalizing” surgery and that its source is the lack of an empirically adequate notion of sex characteristics.
«Gjennomsnittskvinnen», kjønnstesting og det hvite blikket: rasialiserte forestillinger av kjønn i eliteidrett
- Sociology
- 2020
Good enough? The ‘wicked’ use of testosterone for defining femaleness in women’s sport
- Education
- 2019
Abstract Since the 1930s, sports administrators have insisted on various mechanisms to assess ‘femaleness’ for the purpose of competition in women’s sport. Most recently, the criterion has turned to…