TY  - GEN
AB  - Nowhere does a person's gender have more far-reaching and public impact than in the sphere of international sports competition. For twenty-five years the International Olympic Committee has required sportswomen to pass a genetic sex test for gender before they are eligible for competition. This is done to insure that men or 'in betweens' with a masculine advantage are not unfairly competing in the women's events. The so-called gender verification test has been denounced by scientists as inaccurate and unjust. Far from insuring equal competition, the test has left a trail of shattered sports careers and ruined lives for the unfortunate athletes who really were women but 'failed.' Sex Games includes the testimony of a hurdler who fought three years to be reinstated; an American swimmer who was the victim of a lab error; and an athlete who bears the emotional scars of being told she was not a real woman.
ID  - 1355258
KW  - Women athletes
KW  - Gender identity.
KW  - Sex determination, Genetic.
LA  - In English.
LK  - http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?FLN4;1785363
N1  - Title from resource description page (viewed June 10, 2015).
N2  - Nowhere does a person's gender have more far-reaching and public impact than in the sphere of international sports competition. For twenty-five years the International Olympic Committee has required sportswomen to pass a genetic sex test for gender before they are eligible for competition. This is done to insure that men or 'in betweens' with a masculine advantage are not unfairly competing in the women's events. The so-called gender verification test has been denounced by scientists as inaccurate and unjust. Far from insuring equal competition, the test has left a trail of shattered sports careers and ruined lives for the unfortunate athletes who really were women but 'failed.' Sex Games includes the testimony of a hurdler who fought three years to be reinstated; an American swimmer who was the victim of a lab error; and an athlete who bears the emotional scars of being told she was not a real woman.
T1  - Sex games /
TI  - Sex games /
UR  - http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?FLN4;1785363
ER  -