Sex games /
Nowhere does a person's gender have more far-reaching and public impact than in the sphere of international sports competition. For twenty-five years the International Olympic Committee has required sportswomen to pass a genetic sex test for gender before they are eligible for competition. This...
| Format: | Video |
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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New York, NY :
Filmakers Library,
1994.
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| Series: | Filmakers library online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Nowhere does a person's gender have more far-reaching and public impact than in the sphere of international sports competition. For twenty-five years the International Olympic Committee has required sportswomen to pass a genetic sex test for gender before they are eligible for competition. This is done to insure that men or 'in betweens' with a masculine advantage are not unfairly competing in the women's events. The so-called gender verification test has been denounced by scientists as inaccurate and unjust. Far from insuring equal competition, the test has left a trail of shattered sports careers and ruined lives for the unfortunate athletes who really were women but 'failed.' Sex Games includes the testimony of a hurdler who fought three years to be reinstated; an American swimmer who was the victim of a lab error; and an athlete who bears the emotional scars of being told she was not a real woman. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed June 10, 2015). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (30 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:29:40 |