{"id":397,"date":"2024-10-04T16:13:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T16:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/?p=397"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:51:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:51:05","slug":"men-shouldnt-be-in-womens-sports-competitions-un-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/04\/men-shouldnt-be-in-womens-sports-competitions-un-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Men shouldn\u2019t be in women\u2019s sports competitions \u2013 UN official"},"content":{"rendered":"

Male athletes have a natural advantage over females, making competition between the sexes unfair and dangerous, Reem Alsalem believes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Athletes who were born male should not be allowed to compete in women\u2019s sports because they enjoy an unfair advantage, according to the\u00a0UN\u00a0special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem. Her comments follow a transgender controversy at the Paris Olympics, which highlighted safety issues facing participants and called into question the integrity of the games.<\/p>\n

Alsalem on\u00a0Thursday\u00a0presented a report to the organization in which she warned that female athletes could be physically vulnerable to biological males when competing in the same sports.<\/p>\n

Emphasizing that the sports function on the premise that \u201ca separate category for females is needed to ensure equal, fair and safe opportunities,\u201d<\/em> she noted, as cited by Sky News, that \u201cmultiple studies offer evidence that athletes born male have proven performance advantages in sport throughout their lives.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Alsalem, undermining the eligibility criteria in single-sex sports would lead to \u201cunfair, unlawful and extreme forms of discrimination against female athletes.\u201d<\/em> In light of this, she argued, sports authorities should \u201censure that female categories in organized sport are exclusively accessible to persons whose biological sex is female\u201d<\/em> to guarantee fair play.<\/p>\n

The official noted that in cases when the sex of an athlete is \u201cunknown or uncertain,\u201d<\/em> this person should undergo genetic testing in a dignified manner, such as a cheek swab.<\/p>\n

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Alsalem said that while the report \u2013 which she described as independent and having a certain authoritative weight \u2013 will not have any legally binding implications, she hopes it will contribute to the human rights conversation.<\/p>\n

The report comes in the wake of a gender scandal at the Paris Olympics, where Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won the gold medal in women\u2019s boxing. Khelif was disqualified from competition last year by the International Boxing Association (IBA) after a DNA test indicated that the athlete was ineligible to compete with women. Khelif has denied allegations of being born a biological male while complaining of \u201conline harassment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Commenting on the controversy, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said that there is not \u201ca scientifically solid system how to identify men and women,\u201d<\/em> arguing that chromosome testing is no longer sufficient to distinguish between the two sexes. According to the IOC, the decision came down to Khelif\u2019s passport, which identifies the athlete as a woman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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