GE CLST M72B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dora Ratjen, Sex Verification In Sports, Sex Segregation
8 Feb 2017
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1932- stella walsh wins 100m gold medal. At her death, she was shown to have masculinized genitals and xx/xy chromosomes. 1963- dora ratjen (german) placed 4th in high jump, accused of being a man masquerading as a woman. 1966-67- physical inspection at some competitions ( nude parades ) 1967- ewa klobukowska (4x100 gold medal 1964) fails gender test. 1968- sex chromatin test introduced at olympic games. 1983-85- case of maria pati o (forgot her female identification before games, had to get tested and failed) 1995- ioc session is made aware of scientific and ethical problems. 2000- no more systematic sex verification at olympics. 2003- stockholm consensus meeting on sex change (allows mtf transsexuals to compete as female if hormonal and legal changes have happened and if surgical gonadectomy happened at least 2 years prior to competition) 2010- ioc conference in miami, then in lausanne. Relevant dsds: congenital adrenal hyperplasia (cah), androgen insensitivity disorder (ais), 5-alpha reductase deficiency.
