Diversity In Sports

“It’s frustrating, but that’s just the way it is now,” Kate Hall said after losing to an opponent. Hall had just been stripped of her two-year reign as state champion to a transgender female (male-to-female) athlete in a high school track competition. Transgender women should not be allowed to compete with biological females. Every time a trans female makes the team a biological female is stripped of their chance to be on the team and every time a transgender female athlete places in an event another female loses the opportunity to achieve their goal of success. Recently, many transgender athletes have been competing alongside the gender with which they identify themselves, instead of competing with their biological equals. The differences in male and female physiology are the reasons why men and women compete in separate events in sports. If it is unfair for men to compete against women then how is it fair for men who identify as women to take on biological females.

While the topic of gender has become a hot debate today in society, many people have doubts on whether or not transgender people should be allowed to play professional sports. More specifically, in the Olympics where recent changes in ruling have created various opinions on the topic. While there is great evidence for both sides of the argument, there is a physical advantage for transgender people in sports. There are both genetic structure advantages and hormone benefits that transgender athletes have over born athletes of their gender. The current rules in place were incorrectly made and has changed the Olympics future for the worse.

According to Heather Skyes in her article “Transsexual and Transgender Policies in Sport”, the vast variety of genders that make up our society today including transsexuals and transgender are still not accepted into the world of sports due to anxieties from large sporting organizations. In our culture, there is a ‘binary structure’ which separates male from female. When a person is transsexual or transgender, the binary structure becomes challenged. There are so many exceptions to the binary structure, that it becomes nearly impossible to universalize “gender inclusive policies”. These individuals increase the ‘anxieties’ that Skyes suggests sporting organizations have, because transsexual and transgender people do not fit the norm.

“Intersex” conditions can create extreme disparities in sports. We segregate men and women in sports to eliminate unfair genetic advantages. Is it then unfair when a genetically female athlete with an intersex condition wins an event? Foddy and Savulesco (2010), offer an option for dealing with natural variation in testosterone. Instead of separating men and women, define a limit based on the level of testosterone in an individual’s blood. Above the limit athletes would compete as men and below the limit athletes would compete as women. This would create a “hormonal level-playing field”. Foddy and Savulesco don’t argue for or against testosterone segregation, they simply discuss the option.

Being the sports fanatic that I am, It was my complete duty and obligation to watch the Olympic Games.This year while I was watching the women’s 800 I saw a woman line up with an appearance a bit different than most of the runners; I heard the announcer say something about there being a controversy in regards with her. Then the shot rang and before I knew it the woman was in first place earning gold for her country. I later found out her name was Caster Semenya. Something about her told me that she was important, and I took it upon myself to learn more about her. I researched her story and I was completely amazed , so I knew it would have to have the same effect on others. The importance in intersex like Caster Semenya competing lies in

In order to examine the relationship between genders, how often they use media content for sports, and how often participants use Twitter, a survey was conducted. Data was collected from March 29, 2015 to April 5, 2015. Two hundred forty undergraduate students at Washington State University participated in the online survey. We recruited a volunteer sample of participants who are undergraduate students.

However, they are starting to restrict players from participating based of the lack of gender verification. As a result, the International Olympic Committee are working on revising those policies on “gender verification”. There are a lot of situations where women are brought into question about their “real gender” because of their testosterone levels being too high. For instance, Caster Semenya’s gender was brought into question after beating her competitors in a race by a landslide. This caused Semenya to be deprived of being able to participate and resulted in humiliation. Another runner Santhi Soundarajan was stripped of her medal after failing a gender test. These examples show that Intersex people are being isolated and deprived of their rights by not being able to participate or being stripped of their rightfully earned

Title IX changed the philosophy of sports establishing that a person’s sex cannot deny their participation in sports. This allowed women one step closer to equality throughout the workplace, at school, and even at home. Back in the day, women were only destined to be a housewife or a secretary. Not a lawyer, or involved in math and sciences, or even become a business owner. Girls in classrooms would raise their hand less because they didn’t have a reason to retain knowledge and they knew acknowledging the question would be useless in the field they choose to study. With Title IX, young girls are given the chance to play sports. Sports allow athletes to know how to retain information, make new friends, discipline, and how to work

“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance” (Anderson). These thirty seven words, known as Title IX, have transformed the athletic community for both males and females over the past forty two years. Many wonder why there is still so much talk about the inequalities of female and male sports even after forty two years of the enactment of Title IX. Violations of this law still occur and some may be closer to home than one thinks. In 2009, the Office of Civil Rights received a complaint for New Hanover County being out of compliance with Title IX which initiated a full investigation of all facilities and programs within the county (George). Soon, a list of issues found in the county was released with proper solutions that needed to be fulfilled within a short amount of time for risk of losing federal funding (George). Title IX is responsible for the constant maintenance and changes being done to equalize female and male sport’s programs because of the major impact sports have on female’s lives. After analyzing the current quality of athletics under Title IX, it becomes evident that the situation needs to be improved because of the positive influences equal opportunity athletics have on female empowerment and other aspects.

Gender discrimination in the sports industry has always been a controversial topic. Gender equality in sports has come a long way. Like when UNESCO recognized sports and physical activity as a human right in 1978. Discrimination is defined as unjust treatment of different categories of people or things. Discrimination towards people has been around for a long time and it's affecting the entire world and has taken large steps towards being demolished. These large steps have been taken to make the world a better place and a lot of these discriminations have gotten smaller over time, but many of these are still seen in everyday life, unfortunately. Discrimination against females has been a constant battle due to the world being extremely male dominant. Women have had to fight against discrimination for many things, such as freedom of speech, the right to vote, and equal rights to work. Women were expected to be stay at home parents, taking care of the cleaning and housekeeping, and raising the kids, and were not allowed to be on the workforce, do things they enjoy, or even get a little freedom. Female discrimination in sports is a common issue all around the world, women are seen as not as good as males, equality in sports is unequal, and the amount of pay and media coverage is different for each sport and gender. We believe in making sure that women have the equal opportunity to enjoy the benefits of sports by tackling sexism in sports at all levels. This includes challenging

After attending the Issue in Sports Discussion on Diversity I realized many things. The main point that I took away was that diversity in the sport community is a major issue that many people tend to ignore. Dr. Laura Burton of the UConn Sport Management Program, Fluerette King of the Rainbow Center and Nicole Melton of the UMASS Amherst Sport Management Program all provided their opinions on the issue of diversity in sports. They answered many highly debated questions in relation to diversity and sport and how the two fit together. They then opened the floor to the people in the audience for a chance to ask questions.

The destruction of women’s sports is on an upsurge, because males are identifying themselves as females and competing with an unfair advantage. The biological men are causing a controversial complication around the world. These men are breaking records and winning competitions in wrestling, weightlifting, track, softball, volleyball, basketball, mixed martial arts, and more. Requesting equality, the Transgenders are outraged about the regulations, but men are bigger and stronger than women, so they are making the sports unfair for the biologically born women. All the attributes that come with being born a man will not go away, and you have got to accept the fact that you are a man. Changing your sex and identifying as a transgender is

Gender is not binary and people are fluid within a spectrum, you are not bound to the gender you are born into, which is why transgenderism in a very gender binary area such as sport, is such a controversial and heated topic in current social justice discussions. Trans people face discrimination and hatred on a daily basis even as we move towards a more progressive and accepting society. Trans people seemingly do not have a very prominent role in sports and when they do, they are called undeserved. The problem with the belief that trans people who’ve undergone Hormonal Replacement Therapy (HRT) have unfair advantages in sports is that it’s not backed by studies (Burns, 2016), however few there are. Many organizations have set medical rules for the inclusion of trans persons into their games and if met, they are able to compete under their identified gender (Travers, 2006). Some Organizations go as far as to change their policy allowing anyone to be eligible to play if they self-identify as female (Travers, 2006). Sports inclusivity is an important part in trans acceptance, however, such acts are extreme and further propagate the belief of unfair advantage in sport. Allowing for any self-identifying female to compete no matter their physiological state sets up a playfield that is inherently unfair, and unjust, allowing for unequal work to lead to equal outcome. Trans inclusivity in sports is necessary in building an inclusive and accepting society, however, physiological

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