Gender Determination in Sport
April 2022
in “
Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta u Splitu
”
TLDR The conclusion is that sex-verification in sports was harmful and changes have been made to address this.
The document "Gender determination in sport" discusses the division of sports into male and female disciplines due to physiological differences that may give men an advantage in certain sports. To ensure fair play, sex-verification procedures were introduced, but these were invasive and led to social stigmatization, gender discrimination, and psychological trauma for female athletes. These procedures were also unsuitable for deviations from the standard binary concept of gender, such as mutations. As a result, significant legal developments have been made in this complex intersection of law, medicine, and sports in recent years.
