Gender verification in sports: Does fair play really exist?

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Article

Publication Date

Spring 2013

Abstract

This paper informed the readers about the unfairness of gender verification test that some of the renowned female athletes have experienced in international sport competitions. The authors further explained on how the gender verification test acts as a process in discriminating and dehumanizing female athletes. The authors’ intention is to encourage the sport governing bodies reconsidering the ban of the testing process.

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