YouTube – Mianne Bagger – Tournament in Spain 2010/Talks about gender challenges in sport
Entrevistas 425 : Mianne Bagger
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Published March 29th, 2011
Monthly Archive for March, 2011
Oscar Pistorius sets new personal best to fuel Olympic Games dream
24 Mar 2011
Oscar Pistorius’ dream of competing at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games at London 2012 has moved a step closer after the South African sprinter set a new personal best.
Double amputee Pistorius clocked 45.61 seconds to win the 400 metres at the Provincial Championships in Pretoria last night. This time is under the ‘B’ standard qualifying time for the World Championships – which take place in Daegu, South Korea in August and September – and the Olympic Games.
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Does it get any better than this… What a week for breaking barriers and go forward for diversity. A sweeping change how we do sport is coming!!
Published March 25th, 2011
The Wall Street Journal|Health – As Little Girls and Boys Grow, They Think Alike
March 22nd, 2011
By AVERY JOHNSON
Boys’ and girls’ brains are different—but not always in the ways you might think.
A common stereotype is that boys develop more slowly than girls, putting them at a disadvantage in school where pressure to perform is starting ever younger. Another notion is that puberty is a time when boys’ and girls’ brains grow more dissimilar, accounting for some of the perceived disparities between the sexes.
Published March 23rd, 2011
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Lancet 2005; 366: S38 María José Martínez-Patiño
Personal Account A woman tried and tested
“As I was about to enter the January, 1986, national championships, I was
told to feign an injury and to withdraw from racing quietly, graciously, and
permanently. I refused. When I crossed the line first in the 60m hurdles, my
story was leaked to the press. I was expelled from our athletes’ residence, my
sports scholarship was revoked, and my running times were erased from my
country’s athletics records. I felt ashamed and embarrassed. I lost friends, my
fiancé, hope, and energy. But I knew that I was a woman, and that my genetic
difference gave me no unfair physical advantage. I could hardly pretend to be
a man; I have breasts and a vagina. I never cheated. I fought my
disqualification.”
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Published March 22nd, 2011
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An approach to the biological, historical and psychological repercussions of gender verification in top level competitions
Martínez-Patiño et al. / Gender verification in top level competitions JOURNAL OF HUMAN SPORT & EXERCISE – VOLUME 5 | ISSUE 3 | 2010 |
MARÍA JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ-PATIÑO1, COVADONGA MATEOS-PADORNO2, AURORA MARTÍNEZ-VIDAL3, ANA MARÍA SÁNCHEZ MOSQUERA1, JOSÉ LUIS GARCÍA SOIDÁN1, MARÍA DEL PINO DÍAZ PEREIRA3, CARLOS FRANCISCO TOURIÑO GONZÁLEZ1
1Faculty of Science Education and Sport, University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
2Department of Physical Education, University of Las Palmas, Campus Universitario de Tafira, Spain
3Special Didactics Department. Faculty of Science Education. University of Vigo. Orense, Spain
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Published March 22nd, 2011
USA TODAY – Born with one leg, Arizona St. wrestler wins NCAA title
By Gary Michoces, USA TODAY
March 19th, 2011
PHILADELPHIA — Arizona State’s Anthony Robles hopped off the mat at the NCAA wrestling tournament after a perfect season. Penn State coach Cael Sanderson, familiar with perfect seasons, notched the Nittany Lions’ first team title since 1953. And an ex-Penn Stater brought Arizona State another title with a pin of one of Sanderson’s young stars.
Born with one leg, Robles took the 125-pound title Saturday night with a 7-1 win over defending champion Matt McDonough of Iowa. Robles’ three-day performance here earned him the Outstanding Wrestler award.
For Robles, it was the finish to a 36-0 senior season and a journey begun when he took up wrestling as a high school freshman in Mesa, Ariz. He was anything but a dominator at the start.
“I was a terrible wrestler, only about 90 pounds, but my mom told me God made me for a reason, and I believe that reason was for wrestling,” says Robles, who was given a standing ovation on the podium by a sellout crowd of 17,687 at the Wells Fargo Center.
Published March 20th, 2011
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Olympics Wise Up On Gender Testing, Finally
Jeremy Hsu
Originally Published August 5th, 2008
“No competitive advantage
Good intentions did not turn up any imposters during gender screening. Instead, the gender tests punished athletes with disorders that affected their sex chromosomes or genitalia appearance.
“It was unfair not to allow them to compete, particularly since there’s no plausible reason to think they would have had an advantage,” Simpson said.”
“I lost friends, my fiancé, hope and energy,” said Martinez-Patino in a 2005 editorial in the journal Lancet. “But I knew that I was a woman and that my genetic difference gave me no unfair physical advantage.”
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Lancet 2005; 366: S38 María José Martínez-Patiño – Personal Account A woman tried and tested
As well…
An approach to the biological, historical and psychological repercussions of gender verification in top level competitions
Martínez-Patiño et al. / Gender verification in top level competitions JOURNAL OF HUMAN SPORT & EXERCISE – VOLUME 5 | ISSUE 3 | 2010 |
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Genel when referring to Santhi’s case at the Asian Games December 2006 in Doha:
“My suspicion is that she has one of these rare disorders of sexual development,” Genel said. “The way it was handled with all the publicity was totally inappropriate. Part of the rationale to come up with concrete procedures was to avoid this.”
Published March 18th, 2011
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The University of Western Ontario Medical Journal
Gender verification testing: Necessary for the integrity of international athletics, or inexcusable breach of personal privacy?
Colin Meyer Macaulay (Meds 2012), Moska Hamidi (Meds 2013),
and Karline Treurnicht-Naylor (Meds 2013)
Faculty reviewer: Dr. Cheril Clarson, Department of Medicine, UWO
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Volume 79, Number 2 – Endocrinology
Published Spring 2010
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Published March 18th, 2011
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CBC’s The Passionate Eye – Too Fast to Be a Woman
Wednesday March 9 at 10 pm ET/PT & Saturday March 12 at 7 pm ET on CBC News Network
As Caster Semenya achieved her dream of winning the 800m World Championship in 2009, rumours of a failed gender test spread. A vicious and voyeuristic media storm erupted and Caster’s triumph was turned into public humiliation. With exclusive access, this film follows the shy teenager from a remote South African village as she struggles to come to terms with what has happened and fights to return to competition.
With the support of her family, and a top legal team, Caster takes the fight to the IAAF, the world’s leading body for the sport of athletics. As international lawyers and eminent scientists thrash out what it means to be a woman, the 19 year old at the centre of the storm wants only to run. A heart-rending and uplifting story of a young woman who overcame incredible odds to become the world’s best, only to find that her biggest challenge still lay ahead.
Produced and Directed by MAXX GINNANE, Rise Films Ltd., for the BBC.
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As a personal note, the Canadian connection, and Canada’s commitment and engagement to stopping the horrible acts carried out by false developed policy against women leading to HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE AND RAPE by the IOC/IAAF over several decades, touching on the extreme simple and vulnerability of the women, Caster, Santhi Soundarajan and other great women and athletes who lives have been devastated do to the “social ignorance” of the IOC/IAAF as it relates to gender. The women, coming from rural areas of their countries – and the viciousness and vulnerability to an athlete is massive, with little to no recoil with those who committed the harm in the first place. Now with the understanding, their policies and practices prove nothing other then great harm.
It is important to note with all the sensational reporting that created a hyperbole of hysteria of a global proportion in international sport never seen in our history. Experts and international sport those engaged behind the scenes for the 11 month period recognize the IOC/IAAF had committed tragically the worst human rights abuse and rape of young healthy women in international sport history.
We have ethical protocol, set standards and guidelines through our universal anti-doping program citing the highest standards, to protect the very identities of athletes who are using drugs and other techniques to cheat the sports system. In-fact, millions of dollars are paid to the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) by governments around the world as part of the commitment to the Olympic family. But when it comes to a person(s) gender, the most private and very essence of a human being, we project globally – The IAAF goes even one step further Friday September 11th, 2009, STATEMENT ON CASTER SEMENYA, creating a Press Release of her very personal matter making it the worlds business. Where in-fact in the end, sadly none of it was true. Only to be seen as furthering the tragedy, moreover the incompetence, lacking ethics and accountability of the IAAF and IOC, and assuring Caster the athletes privacy and her protection.
The production touches on IOC/IAAF did not want to see this go to court, as it would open pandora’s box, regarding gender testing and the history and impact on dozens of women, over several decades. The hesitation of Caster’s reinstatement back into World Athletics had nothing in-fact to with Caster. But all to do with the IOC/IAAF concerns of the public awareness in-fact what they had done to her and women before her. Hence the (2) line press release by the IAAF the first week of Tuesday July 6th, 2010, releasing Caster into competition anywhere in the world, without any explanation from the IAAF.
Logistically for the IOC and IAAF, a public relations nightmare was about to unravel for them. Ironically, if there is any found humour in any of this, sadly they got caught up in their own policies and practices around gender, gender verification testing and Stockholm Consensus, committing the offenses themselves.
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We society, sport leaders and media let it happen, thinking the IOC and IAAF new what they were doing. In-fact, we accepted and we felt we could punish the athletes and felt we even had a right to do it, for (their) normal human difference due to our own ignorance. In-fact like so many athletes, Caster being one of them deserved it!
It is the IOC and IAAF that need to be punished and held accountable now, not the athletes. This is a man-made issue at the highest level of international sport.
THAT’S ABOUT TO CHANGE… AND CANADA IS LEADING THE CHARGE! AWESOME!
This production put a smile on my face, and to know having such amazing effect and reaching those and making a difference for those around the world.
HUMAN DIVERSITY IN EACH ONE OF US IS TO BE CELEBRATED!
I don’t say this very often as there has been few well-done productions that articulate the issues accurately around gender in sport –
Bravo CBC and BBC! GO CANADA GO!
We will TOGETHER stop this, and assure safety and inclusion for all to participate in sport and in society, no matter ones individual diversity. This will only happen through a collective effort and education on how we understand NORMAL human development and what “diversity” really means.
Caster will be the last woman this will ever happen too!
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Published March 13th, 2011
Sportinglife.com: PISTORIUS: I’LL BE IN LONDON
March 12th, 2011
Oscar Pistorius insists he would be “extremely surprised” if he does not qualify to compete at the 2012 Olympics alongside able-bodied athletes.
The South African Paralympic sprint champion, famously known as ‘The Blade Runner’, is closing in on the required qualification time after winning his battle to be allowed to compete at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2008.
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Published March 12th, 2011
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Press Release: CANADIAN CYCLING ASSOCIATION PUBLISHES CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT DOCUMENT
The Canadian Cycling Association (CCA) has published a Concussion and Return to Competition protocol, which can be found online at:
Concussion Protocol, Assessment Tool and Education Card: The CCA’s concussion management documents, developed by our Medical Team to be specific to cycling and the structure of our team.
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Concussions are a known injury in cycling and it can be difficult for team managers and coaches to know what to do if it is suspected an athlete might have one. If concussions are understood and managed properly, including using a step-by-step return to competition guideline, the chance of persistent symptoms and complications can be drastically decreased and the athlete may return to full health more quickly.
The protocol defines concussion, outlines the signs and symptoms, and provides a step-by-step protocol for all CCA staff to abide by. It also includes the standardized SCAT assessment tool, as well as an education card containing information on how to safely return to cycling.
The authors of the project are Dr. Jenn Turner, BPHE (Hon) and Tara Barker, MSc (PT), Hons.B.Kin, supported with input by Dr. Bruce Davidson and CCA’s Integrated Support Team Coordinator Andrea Wooles, MSc. French adaptation was prepared by Dr. Susan Labrecque, MD.
The Canadian Cycling Association is the governing body for competitive cycling in Canada. Founded in 1882, the CCA aims to create and sustain an effective system that develops talented Canadian cyclists to achieve Olympic, Paralympic and World Championship medal performances.
With the vision to be a leading competitive cycling nation by 2020 celebrating enhanced international success, increased a participation and world class event hosting, the CCA manages the National teams, hosts national and international events, and administers community programs to promote Cycling in Canada. For more information, please visit: www.canadian-cycling.com.
Published March 11, 2011
TO2015 has announced the creation of a first-ever Diversity Policy developed for a Pan/Parapan American competition.
“What ‘green’ was to the Vancouver Games, multiculturalism will be to TO2015,” says Ian Troop, CEO T02015. “Toronto 2015 will be the first Pan/Parapan American Games to mandate a comprehensive and inclusive Diversity Policy providing business opportunities to our many multicultural communities.”
“We will be bringing communities together in ways they’ve never been brought together before.”
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Published – March 4th, 2010
