Out of Bounds? A Critique of the New Policies on Hyperandrogenism in Elite Female Athletes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23329282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katrina Karkazis (0000-0001-9103-2881, Stanford Medicine), Rebecca Jordan-Young, Rebecca Jordan‐young (Barnard College), Georgiann Davis (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville), Silvia Camporesi (0000-0003-4135-1723, King's College London) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 3-16 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Journal of Bioethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1526-5161 • E-ISSN: 1536-0075 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15265161.2012.680533 |
| PMID | 22694023 |
| OpenAlex | W2101863032 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 85 |
| References cited | 61 |
In May 2011, more than a decade after the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) abandoned sex testing, they devised new policies in response to the IAAF's treatment of Caster Semenya, the South African runner whose sex was challenged because of her spectacular win and powerful physique that fueled an international frenzy questioning her sex and legitimacy to compete as female. These policies claim that atypically high levels of endogenous testosterone in women (caused by various medical conditions) create an unfair advantage and must be regulated. Against the backdrop of Semenya's case and the scientific and historical complexity of "gender verification" in elite sports, we question the new policies on three grounds: (1) the underlying scientific assumptions; (2) the policymaking process; and (3) the potential to achieve fairness for female athletes. We find the policies in each of these domains significantly flawed and therefore argue they should be withdrawn.
Argument (complex analysis) · Athletes · Elite · Elite Athletes · Legitimacy · Physical therapy · Political science · Politics · Doping in Sports · Law · Medicine · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society
Intersex Narratives
Feminist and queer science
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Pânicos de gênero, tecnologias de corpo
As recomendações para a participação de atletas transgênero no esporte
African Women in Sports
African Women in Sports
Leistungsklassen und Geschlechtertests
Truth and Social Reality
Regulating Bodies
Sport and Transgender People
Gender and Sport
Sucesos atléticos
Fair Competition and Inclusion in Sport
Where sports performance meets reproductive rights
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Imane Khelif
Caster Semenya, athlete classification, and fair equality of opportunity in sport
Seriality and style
Challenging the principle of “No presumption of advantage” with a focus on testosterone and gender eligibility in sports
Public Policy as Trans Harm
Unfair Advantage Discourse in USA Powerlifting
Gender Identities in Organized Sports—Athletes' Experiences and Organizational Strategies of Inclusion
Sex segregation as policy problem
Female athlete” politic
Out of the Closet and Onto the Olympic Floor
Bodies, borders, and Caster Semenya
You Ain’t Woman Enough
Stereotype Threat and Attributional Ambiguity for Trans Women
Extended Sex
Becoming with Toxicity
Sex, Vagueness, and the Olympics
Testinaming. Strategic Molecularizations Through Endocrine and Genetic Testing
Tracing Testosterone in Women’s Elite Sports News Coverage
Chased by the Double Bind
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Saving Women’s Sport
Critical Reflections on the Governance of Women and Gender Expansive Athletes
The power in a name
Questioning representations of athletes with elevated testosterone levels in elite women's sports
Hyperandrogenism as a Sports Medical Pathology in the Norwegian Media
Trans Athletes in College Sport
Thinking “Bioethically
Bodily changes and performance effects in a transitioning transgender college athlete
‘Well everyone has something’
The promise of glitching bodies in sport
Safeguarding in sports settings
Cultural Conundrums
From Testosterone to Racialization to Knobby Knees
Challenging the binary
Performing fairness, enacting violence
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Policing the Boundaries of Sex
Performance sportive et bicatégorisation sexuée
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Extraordinary body-self narratives
Constructing Gender Incommensurability in Competitive Sport
Gender/Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Identity Are in the Body
Recommendations for 46,XX Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Across Two Decades
Men and Women
Policing ‘sport sex’
Steroid Provocations
Troubling dualisms
Voetsek! Get[ting] lost
Defining 'woman
Gender Identity, the Sexed Body, and the Medical Making of Transgender
Le genre à l'épreuve du sport
Elaborating Embodied Boundaries
Thinking Like a Feminist
The accidental celebritisation of Caster Semenya
Advancing feminist innovation in sport studies
Unwarranted and Invasive Scrutiny
Expertise and Non-binary Bodies
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As políticas de verificação de sexo/gênero no esporte
The human rights of intersex people
Lessons from the intersexed
The mind has no sex?
Coming on strong
Making Sex
Gender
Testosterone, cortisol, and women's competition
Toward an anthropology of women.
Bodies in Doubt
Sexual science. The Victorian construction of womanhood
Beyond the Natural Body
Beyond the natural body
Does Gender Composition Affect Group Decision Outcomes? Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment
Fixing Sex
Eros and Greek Athletics
Myths of Gender
Introduction
The Doping Ban
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| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
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