The International Olympic Committee (IOC) criteria for determiningĮligibility for sex-specific events are not intended to determine biological sex. Which makes it difficult to set a specific threshold for the amount of male hormones produced by aįemale that renders her sex male. Produce a certain amount of testosterone, and different laboratories have different testing methods, Both biologically male and biologically female people Simple matter - just conduct some DNA or hormonal testing, throw in a physical examination, and You may be thinking that distinguishing biological maleness from biological femaleness is surely a But the questioning and eventual testing were based onĪllegations that Caster Semenya, no matter what gender identity she possessed, was biologically a male. If this questioning were based on suspicion of steroid use, theĬase would be no different from that of Roger Clemens or Mark McGuire, or even Track and Field Time of 2:08:00, caused officials from the International Association of Athletics Foundation (IAAF) to Her time of 1:55:45, a surprising improvement from her 2008 In 2009, the 18-year old South African athlete, Caster Semenya, won the women’s 800-meter Introduction to Gender, Sex, and Sexuality
Understand and discuss the role of homophobia and heterosexism in society.Analyze the relationship between society and biology in formations of gender identity.Define and differentiate between sex, gender, and sexuality.The Difference between Sex, Gender and Sexuality