Review article
https://doi.org/10.31141/zrpfs.2022.59.143.41
Gender determination in sport
Suzana Kraljić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4438-6457
; University of Maribor, Faculty of Law
Katja Drnovšek
; University of Maribor, Faculty of Law
Abstract
Many sports distinguish between female and male disciplines. The key reason for such division
stems from the physiological characteristics that might give men the advantage over women in
specific sports disciplines. Various sex-verification procedures were introduced to ensure fair play,
but these were invasive procedures resulting in social stigmatization, gender discrimination and
psychological trauma for female athletes. Sex verification was also proven to be unsuitable in the
case of deviations from the standard binary concept of gender (e.g., in the case of mutations). For
those reasons, critical legal developments have been achieved in this complex field of law, medicine,
and sports in recent years.
Keywords
transgender; gender determination; gender discrimination; Yogyakarta Principles; Olympic games
Hrčak ID:
275646
URI
Publication date:
26.4.2022.
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