variations is hyperandrogenism, or atypically high levels of testosterone, which is the focus of contemporary sport policies. Current International Olympic Committee (IOC) eligibility regulations regarding female testosterone apply to transgender women and women with intersex conditions ( International
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of various “female eligibility regulations” ( Bekker, 2022 ; Tannenbaum & Bekker, 2019 ), on eligibility regulation as a safeguarding issue ( Bekker & Posbergh, 2022 ) and as an athlete health issue ( Bekker & Kolanyane-Kesupile, 2021 ), and on Advancing Feminist Innovation in Sport Studies ( Thorpe
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believed they could compete after college. The forced retirement brought about by the NCAA’s 4-year eligibility regulations often makes the transition away from their sport even tougher. Underprepared/Underqualified Another common maladjustment issue that Thompson found was student-athletes feeling
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announced new Eligibility Regulations to be applied only to specific women’s middle-distance events, including the 800 m. As articulated by Rebecca Jordan-Young and Katrina ( 2012 ; see also Karkazis & Jordan-Young, 2018 ), a key claim among feminist scholars is that the Hyperandrogenism Regulations
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al., 2018 ). The time that college athletes dedicate to sport-related activities can be equated to a full-time job ( NCAA, 2020 ). In addition, due to NCAA ( 2021 ) academic eligibility regulations, athletes must maintain a certain grade point average, enroll in a full course load, and maintain steady
The Carceral Logic of Female Eligibility Policies: Gender as a Civilizing Narrative, the Science of Sex Testing, and Anti-Trans Legislation 1
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. Although both Chand and Semenya identify as cisgender women, the employment of testosterone levels for female eligibility regulations generates overlapping experiences of abjection between women who “fail” such sex tests and transgender women. See Travers ( 2022a ). 9. See, for example, World Rugby
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Jay Scherer
Committee’s (IOC) 1974 ruling that rescinded its amateur eligibility regulations (Rule 26), allowing professionals and amateurs to compete together, heralding a new era of commercialization and profit. 34 This decision tempered the Soviet Union’s concerns about the potential loss of Olympic eligibility in
