The Science and Politics of Gender in Women's Sports
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This episode discusses the science and politics surrounding gender issues in women's sports.
This episode explores the complex issues of gender, testosterone, and fairness in women's sports, featuring insights from Sasha Gollish & Roger Pielke Jr. Sasha Gollish is a competitive elite runner for Team Canada, an engineer with a PhD in civil engineering, and researcher at the University of Toronto’s Mental Health and Physical Activity Research Centre. She is the co-founder of Yellow Running Shoes and an advocate for gender equity in sport. Roger Pielke Jr. is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, professor emeritus at the University of Colorado Boulder, and author of The Honest Broker. Keywords: women's sports, gender equity, testosterone, DSD, intersex athletes, fairness, sports policy, science and ethics, transgender athletes, sports governance Chapters 00:00 Introduction to the Conversation 01:49 The Resurgence of Eligibility Testing in Women's Sports 04:35 Challenging Assumptions About Performance Advantages 12:16 The Impact of Testing on Future Generations of Female Athletes 20:29 Analyzing the Findings of the Research Paper 28:06 Contextualizing Performance Data and Its Implications 34:28 Debunking Myths of Advantage in Women's Sports 39:08 The…
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