All boxers, including Algeria's Imane Khelif, who won Olympic gold last summer amid scrutiny over a disputed failed gender eligibility test conducted by a different body, will be unable to compete without a test which reveals their biological sex.

All boxers, including Algeria’s Imane Khelif, who won Olympic gold last summer amid scrutiny over a disputed failed gender eligibility test conducted by a different body, will be unable to compete without a test which reveals their biological sex.

  • OpenPassageways@lemmy.zipEnglish
    85·
    16 hours ago

    I’m honestly confused about what you’re asserting here. For my daughter, they did a blood test on my wife in order to tell us that we’re having a daughter instead of a son. Doesn’t that mean that there IS in fact a genetic test that “reveals biological sex”?

    • jj4211@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      12 hours ago

      So there’s a relatively miniscule fraction of people who have unexpected outcomes that you wouldn’t expect based on their genetics, e.g due to some unexpected hormonal activity during fetal development.

      For almost every birth, the biological concept of sex is a straightforward conclusion from genetics, so, by and large, a genetic test is accurate. But there have been cases that never got genetic tests and from all assessments were biologically female, but find out later they had XY. Maybe because they never hit puberty, or while trying to diagnose infertility, but something drove a deeper look.

      • Dunning Kruger@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        8 hours ago

        FYI, Intersex people (those born with nonbinary sex characteristics such as sexual anatomy, reproductive organs, hormonal patterns and/or chromosomal patterns) are approximately 1.7% of the general population.

        By comparison, red hair occurs at similar rates, and accounts for between 1 - 2% of the general population.

        When you consider how many people with red hair you may have met in your life, on average, you have also met a similar number of intersex people, whether you knew it at the time or not.

      • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        11 hours ago

        That “relatively miniscule fraction” is over-represented in sports, as the hormonal edge cases of humanity can end up being stronger/faster/bigger than the typical humans.

    • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.caEnglish
      211·
      16 hours ago

      Looks like it’s time to pull out the chart again…

      Source.

      The test is for the SRY gene, which may not be active on a Y gene, among other things. There are 2 or 3 points on that chart that are relevant to your question.