Grazie a Matteo Cresti dell’Università di Torino per avermi invitato a contribuire a questo bellissimo podcast di bioetica prodotto dal laboratorio di comunicazione della scienza ‘Frida‘ di UniTo.
Un grande esempio di come fare comunicazione della scienza e della bioetica. Il mio contributo al minuto 32,10′.
I am pleased to share a Q&A fact sheet related to the return of genetic sex testing in women’s and girls’ sport.
The Q&A was led by Marcus Mazzucco, University of Toronto, in collaboration with Madeleine Pape, Bruce Kidd, Michele K. Donnelly (she/her), Sone Erikainen, Katrina Karkazis, Jensen Brehaut, and Payoshni Mitra.
The document is a Q&A for athletes that describes what genetic sex testing is, why it is scientifically, ethically and legally problematic, and what legal options exist for athletes whose rights have been infringed by genetic sex testing requirements (see attachment below).
Please note that some info in this 2-pager is designed for the Canadian context but the content is relevant to athletes worldwide.
The document is available on the website of the University of Toronto’s Centre for Sport Policy Studies👉 here
Please share the document broadly!
I have always considered outreach and public engagement an essential part of my work as an academic.
Even if it doesn’t earn brownie points for promotion, I think it is important that we, as academics, carve out time to communicate what matters most about our work to the wider public.
In times of post-truth, post-expertise, and post-evidence, we need to stay anchored to the values we believe are important.
Now for this piece published in theCONVERSATION I have to thank my great colleagues Marcus Mazzucco and Sarah Teetzel for leading.
For me, the take-home message is simple: alarm bells should ring whenever someone says they want to “protect you.” Even if you don’t agree with our position on the new IOC policy, those alarm bells are still there in plain sight.
Thanks for reading!
#sextesting #IOC #policy #sexvariations #DSD #eligibility #femalecategory #discrimination #LAGames
Prof. Silvia Camporesi 
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