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 Rights Group Demands End to Sex Testing of Female Track Athletes

A Human Rights Watch report said that regulations governing athletes with differences of sexual development are harmful and disproportionately affect women of color from developing nations.

 Scientists Correct Study That Limited Some Female Runners

The researchers no longer claim a causal relationship between high testosterone levels and improved performance by female athletes. The correction comes too late for Caster Semenya of South Africa.

 Why I Changed My Mind About the Caster Semenya Case

I used to think that rules regulating testosterone in sports made sense. Now I’m not so sure.

Articles of Interest

DSD Athletes: What Does it Mean And What Are the World Athletics Rules?

What is “differences of sexual development,” and how do the rules affect women’s track and field? An explainer.

Olympics: Namibia’s sprinters highlight a flawed testosterone testing system

It is a human rights violation because many of these women – and, recently, young girls – are being subjected to public scrutiny and often ridiculed by sectors of society that do not know better. These females are either being forced into testing or not told what they are being tested for. This means, ethically, they have not given consent.

The Clock Ticks on Caster Semenya’s Olympic Career

She remains a kind of turbulent canvas onto which others have painted their notions of masculinity and femininity, of sex and gender, of fair play and unfair advantage.

The Decadelong Humiliation of Caster Semenya

If she wants to keep competing, she is now required to take hormonal therapy to reduce natural testosterone.

The Incredible Hypocrisy of the Caster Semenya Ruling

A court has ruled that discrimination against intersex athletes is acceptable based on "theoretical" advantages. Now what?

Too Good to be True: The Regulation of Intersex Athletes

Intersex athletes’ participation in professional competitions has long been a controversy in the sports world. Specifically, women with the “46 XY DSD” gene variant, while identifying as female, are biologically considered males due to having internal testes

What Makes An Athlete Female? Here’s How The Olympics Decide

In addition to the rules impacting transgender athletes, World Athletics ruled that women who were assigned female at birth but had naturally high testosterone also needed to meet the five nanomoles per liter testosterone requirement in order to compete with women in the 400, 800, and one-mile women's races.

“I am a woman and I am fast”: what Caster Semenya’s story says about gender and race in sports

The constant scrutiny into the runner’s medical history reveals what happens to women who don’t conform to stereotypes.

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