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Sex games / produced by TVF International.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women athletes--Sex differences.
- Women athletes.
- Gender identity.
- Genetic sex determination.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (30 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1994.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- digital
- data file
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 10, 2015).
- OCLC:
- 911954772
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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