Gender testing in sport: A case for treatment?
By Ian O'Reilly
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8511176.stmWith the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games under way, leading sporting bodies continue to be embroiled in one of sport's biggest controversies - the gender verification testing of female athletes. ...
"To be clear women are the target here. This issue is about the classification of female athletes not male athletes. There is little sporting advantage to a male athlete having a low testosterone level, however, there can be significant advantages to a female athlete in having a higher testosterone level," says Michele Veroken, a leading sports integrity and ethics specialist. ...
"It's all a smokescreen. Just like all other athletes most female athletes with a gender ambiguity are very healthy people. Hugely exaggerating any possible health issue enables this small group of scientists, mainly older men, to medicalise, define and control women's health and bodies," says to Kristen Worley of the Coalition of Athletes for inclusion in Sport, a small but vocal group based in Canada. ...
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An awful description of AIS, but otherwise a reasonably balanced article. I just despair at certain quotes in it...
