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Running Like A Girl: Sex-Stereotyping in the Olympics

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by Katherine Franke, Columbia Law School

February 4, 2010 - 8:00am (Print)

Male athletes--think Armstrong, Phelps, jockeys--have "physical traits" considered responsible for superior performance, while elite female athletes are increasingly being tested and "treated" for "Disorders of Sexual Development."
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