"As expected giving the current controversies and confusions about
gender, reactions to female-identifying hyperandrogenic athletes being
allowed to compete as women has been mixed and acrimonious."
The difficult problem of intersexuality and athletics
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Showing posts with label The Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Olympics. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Thursday, August 18, 2016
This Olympics Controversy Highlights The Reality Of The Sex-Gender Continuum
"But if the people in charge of sports (who are mostly men) want to use a
single biological marker to decide who counts as a woman, they are
going to have a very difficult time justifying that — particularly when
that marker is something like testosterone, which all women naturally
produce"
Should Olympic Athletes Get Sex-Tested At All?
Should Olympic Athletes Get Sex-Tested At All?
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
The Olympics Are Immoral
Okay, take a deep breath, and please really listen to me. First of all, I grew up in the late 1940s into the early 1960s and was a real fan of the Olympics. There was a strict code of ethics: no professional athletes or teams; winners by nation not emphasized officially; strict control of substance abuse. It was a joy, as it closely mirrored the ancient Greek Olympics. Please understand two important things: I do enjoy the ATHLETES who perform so well and I am NOT criticizing THEM at all: it is the process involved with these games that I think is immoral.
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