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The Natural Cheat?
For some women, their integrity to avoid any aspect of cheating might not be enough to save their disqualification from competition – their bodies naturally label them ‘a cheat’… [1]
As an avid sports fan, ‘fairness’ in the field of competition matters to me, a lot – and I’m sure most other sport fanatics would share similar views.
But what is ‘fairness’?
Honesty, integrity, sportsmanship and equality are just a few gathered words that help to conceptualise the simple term of ‘fairness’. However, individuals do not need to be the same in every imaginable respect – nor are we created to be. [2]
Referring to sex-testing within female athletics, the high-regarded virtue of fairness appears to disappear.
The purpose of sex-testing in sport is to maintain the provision of opportunities to women in elite sports competition, ensuring that athletes compete in their appropriate gender category.
Measures to protect women’s sport through sex-testing has left too many female athletes being persecuted for reasons beyond their personal control; their biological and genetic compositions.
The irony of sex-testing is that it attempts to protect women’s sports by excluding certain women. [3]
Let me explain…
Distinction between levels of male and female athletic performance is heavily due to higher levels in androgenic hormones (predominantly testosterone) in male athletes, resulting in increased strength and muscle development. [4]
Hyperandrogenism is a medical condition identified by excessive levels of androgens in the female body. Although this is a rare emergence, controversy is soon triggered due to the concerned individual displaying masculine traits and having ‘an uncommon athletic capacity in relation to their fellow female competitors’. [4]
At the 2009 World Championships, controversy arose following Caster Semenya’s victory in the 800 metres. The athlete was subject to accusations regarding masculine bodily traits which rendered her with an ‘unfair’ advantage over her rival – and apparently ‘appropriate’ – female runners.
Figure: Caster Semenya marks her victory with joyous celebrations.
(Taken from Flickr: computer.experts321 ahmed)
After facing harsh comparisons to her male counterparts, reports suggested that Semenya produced testosterone levels that were three times higher than the average woman.
Eventually, hyperandrogenism was diagnosed and following the case, the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federation) introduced a policy of gender eligibility, making testosterone levels of female athletes central to its regulations. Female athletes were limited on their body’s levels of testosterone before being no longer considered ‘female enough’ to compete as a woman.
The issue, (according to the IAAF), is that male competitors achieve greater sporting performance due to natural levels of hormones, distinctly greater than those in women. For a female athlete to show such traits, she would essentially be mimicking the effects of performance-enhancing drugs, [1] regardless that the effects stem from their own biology.
In 2014, Indian sprinter, Dutee Chand, was suspended from competition after ‘failing’ tests regarding her natural levels of testosterone and was later diagnosed with hyperandrogenism. After Chand issued an appeal to allow her to compete, further investigations commenced.
The IAAF issued developed regulations stating that female athletes could continue to compete if her androgen levels fell below the normal range, or substances to control high androgen levels were kept recorded.
Figure: Extract of Chand’s Letter of Appeal, in response to her competitive suspension.
(Taken from: http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/award_internet.pdf )
So, a sport where doping is closely monitored and is absolutely forbidden is allowing for hormonal medication to be taken in order to control and limit natural biology. Irony!
This highlights the grey area of uncertainty in this topic – a topic which is depriving female athletes the freedom to compete.
The debate of this ongoing issue could venture to a whole new avenue of questions and discussions – but for now, the conclusion remains unstable.
Typical ‘male’ characteristics are suggested to play a compelling role in advanced sporting performance, therefore, elite female athletes are bound to portray masculine traits from time to time.
Gender inequality is exemplified through this vicious circle of female athleticism: as a woman’s athleticism advances, the less association she has to being seen as a ‘woman’.
Is there too much focus and over-analysation on the natural performing body of a female athlete?
And is this preventing natural champions from wearing their deserved and worthy medals?
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References
[3] Buzuvis, E.E. (2016) Hormone Check: Critique of Olympic Rules on Sex and Gender, 31(1). p. 36
[4] International Association of Athletics Federations, (2011). IAAF Regulations Governing Eligibility Of Female Athletes With Hyperandrogenism To Compete In Women’s Competition. [Online] Available at: https://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=58438613-aaa7-4bcd-b730-70296abab70c.pdf&urlslug=IAAF%20Regulations%20Governing%20Eligibility%20of%20Females%20with%20Hyperandrogenism%20to%20Compete%20in%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Competition%20-%20In%20force%20as%20from%201st%20May%202011 [Accessed 7th November 2017]
[2] Murray, T.H (2010) Making Sense of Fairness in Sports: Hastings Center Report. 40(2). p. 13-15
[1] Vertinsky, P. Wells, S., & Van Veen, S. (2013). Fairness as a Floating Signifier: Seeking Gender Justice in Elite Sport. In M. Vaczi (ed). Playing Fields: Power, Practice, and Passion in Sport. p. 45. Reno, NV: Centre for Basque Studies.
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