New York Times Repost From Pre 2008 Beijing Olympics – “A Lab Is Set to Test the Gender of Some Female Athletes”
By KATIE THOMAS
Published July 30th, 2008
By the time they arrive in Beijing, most athletes have resigned themselves to the possibility of undergoing a battery of tests for banned substances, like anabolic steroids and certain cough medicines.
But some female athletes may find they are asked to submit to an entirely different examination — one that will test whether they are, in fact, women.
Organizers of the Beijing Olympics have set up a sex-determination laboratory to evaluate “suspect” female athletes, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported Sunday. The lab is similar to ones set up at previous Olympics in Sydney and Athens, and will draw on the resources of the Peking Union Medical College Hospital to evaluate an athlete’s external appearance, hormones and genes.
Some medical ethicists have said the practice is too intrusive. “Real people are going to be hurt by this,” said Alice Dreger, an associate professor in medical humanities and bioethics at Northwestern University.
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Reposted March 29th, 2012
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New York Times - Redefining the Sexes in Unequal Terms
Canadian Running - Former Canadian Olympian Bruce Kidd wants gender testing banned
Uptown Magazine - “You Don’t run like a girl…” As the 2012 Summer Games draw near, the debate about gender testing heats up.
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