{"product_id":"they-say-im-not-a-girl-9781476673783","title":"They say Im not a girl","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   In July 1950, a young Dutch intersex woman was expelled from elite competition by theInternational Amateur Athletic Federation. It turned out to be the beginning of a dark era in thehistory of women in sport. Young women were subjected to humiliating examinations and dozens of intersex athletes were suspended, although no fraudwas ever uncovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This book presents a compelling argument against gender verification, showing the pernicious effects that suspension inflicted on the lives of young athletes. Some withdrew from the public eye, lived in solitude, or even committed suicide. Compassionate profiles of these banned athletes highlight the unfair play of gender verification and of their exclusion from competition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface: The Humiliating Practice of Gender Verification—1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreliminaries: The ­Man-Woman Athlete in the 1930s; or, Gender Reassignment in ­Pre-War Sport—5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe ­XX-Games: A Short History of Gender Verification—27\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDora Ratjen: \"Da sei etwas nicht in Ordnung\"—43\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoekje Dillema: \"They say I'm not a girl\"—54\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEwa Klobukowska: One Chromosome Too Many—70\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eErika Schinegger: Gender Born or Gender Made?—79\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStella Walsh: The Murder of the Polish Flyer—90\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaria José Martinez Patiño: The First Protest—103\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlackmail and Suicide—112\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSarah Gronert: Tennis Anyone?—126\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaster Semenya and Dutee Chand: Changing the Rules—134\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes—157\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography—165\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex—171\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040441008471,"sku":"9781476673783","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476673783.jpg?v=1750946757","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/they-say-im-not-a-girl-9781476673783","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}