Monthly Archives: October 2009

Analysis – Seeking Simple Rules for Complex Gender Realities – News Analysis – NYTimes. Track and field’s world governing body has begun trying to devise new rules about who can compete as a woman. This comes nearly two months after being presented with the case of Caster Semenya , the South African runner whose sex was questioned when she won the 800-meter world championship. The current policies of the International Association of Athletics Federations are vague, incomplete and contradictory. This could have interesting — and unintended — implications for other athletes. Gruppuso said he wondered what it would mean for his pediatric patients with disorders of sex development and gender-identity questions if sports officials and the public were to continue confusing who you are — boy or girl, man or a woman — with what your cells do. read more

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