Author | Year | Country | Perspective/solution | Theme | Statement |
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Elsas et al. [44] | 2000 | USA | Perspective | Sex verification | Sex verification is ethically indefensible |
Solution | Information and knowledge | Educate about sex diversity | |||
Dickinson et al. [45] | 2002 | USA | Perspective | Sex verification | Sex verification is ethically indefensible |
Information and knowledge | High androgen levels do not always provide an athletic advantage | ||||
Solution | Sex verification | Abolish sex verification | |||
Wackwitz [46] | 2003 | USA | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Sex verification | Sex verification is ethically indefensible | ||||
Carlson [47] | 2005 | USA | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Sex verification | Sex verification is ethically indefensible | ||||
Information and knowledge | High androgen levels do not always provide an athletic advantage | ||||
Reeser [48] | 2005 | USA | Perspective | Sex verification | Sex verification is ethically indefensible |
Information and knowledge | High androgen levels do not always provide an athletic advantage | ||||
Ritchie et al. [6] | 2008 | GB | Perspective | Sex verification | Sex verification is ethically indefensible |
Information and knowledge | High androgen levels do not always provide an athletic advantage | ||||
Amy-Chinn [32] | 2010 | GB | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Information and knowledge | High androgen levels do not always provide an athletic advantage | ||||
Camporesi and Maugeri [49] | 2010 | IT | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Fair play and intersex athletes | Excluding intersex athletes from elite sporting competition is unfair | ||||
Information and knowledge | High androgen levels do not always provide an athletic advantage | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Do not use a third category to separate sporting competition | |||
Information and knowledge | Include other specialists to find a solution | ||||
Dreger [50] | 2010 | USA | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Use self-identification as a criterion to separate sporting competition | |||
Hercher [51] | 2010 | USA | Perspective | Sex verification | Gender cannot be identified through simple test |
The athlete’s privacy must be ensured | |||||
Fair play and intersex athletes | High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages | ||||
Information and knowledge | High androgen levels do not always provide an athletic advantage | ||||
Solution | The sex construct | Do not abolish sex segregation in sporting competition | |||
Fair play and intersex athletes | Intersex athletes should limit androgens to compete in the female category | ||||
Merck [52] | 2010 | GB | Perspective | Sex verification | The athlete’s privacy must be ensured |
Information and knowledge | High androgen levels do not always provide an athletic advantage | ||||
Solution | The sex construct | Abolish sex segregation in sporting competition | |||
Nerva [53] | 2010 | GB | Perspective | Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking |
Saleem [54] | 2010 | USA | Perspective | Sex verification | Sex verification is ethically indefensible |
The athlete’s privacy must be ensured | |||||
Solution | Sex verification | Abolish sex verification | |||
Tucker and Collins [55] | 2010 | ZA | Perspective | Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking |
Wonkam et al. [56] | 2010 | ZA | Perspective | Sex verification | Sex verification can cause great harm |
The athlete’s privacy must be ensured | |||||
Information and knowledge | High androgen levels do not always provide an athletic advantage | ||||
Solution | Sex verification | Set a clear policy on sex verification | |||
Information and knowledge | Include other specialists to find a solution | ||||
Vannini and Fornssler [57] | 2011 | CA | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Foddy and Savulescu [58] | 2011 | GB | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Sex segregation in sporting competition is unjust | |||||
Fair play and intersex athletes | Excluding intersex athletes from elite sporting competition is unfair | ||||
Solution | The sex construct | Abolish sex segregation in sporting competition | |||
Fair play and intersex athletes | Intersex athletes should limit androgens to compete in female’s category | ||||
Wiesemann [59] | 2011 | DE | Perspective | Sex verification | Sex verification is ethically indefensible |
Sex verification can cause great harm | |||||
Information and knowledge | High androgen levels do not always provide an athletic advantage | ||||
Solution | Sex verification | Abolish sex verification | |||
Schultz [60] | 2011 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages |
Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking | ||||
Solution | Information and knowledge | Include other specialists to find a solution | |||
Adair [28] | 2011 | USA | Perspective | Sex verification | Sex verification is ethically indefensible |
Sex verification supports stereotypes | |||||
The athlete’s privacy must be ensured | |||||
Information and knowledge | High androgen levels do not always provide an athletic advantage | ||||
Solution | The sex construct | Abolish sex segregation in sporting competition | |||
Sex verification | Set a clear policy on sex verification | ||||
Information and knowledge | Include other specialists to find a solution | ||||
Ballantyne et al. [61] | 2011 | NL | Perspective | Sex verification | The athlete’s privacy must be ensured |
Information and knowledge | High androgen levels do not always provide an athletic advantage | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Intersex athletes should limit androgens to compete in the female category | |||
Information and knowledge | Include other specialists to find a solution | ||||
Pierson [62] | 2011 | USA | Perspective | Sex verification | Privacy is a sacrifice when competing in elite sports |
Glazer [23] | 2012 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable |
High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages | |||||
Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking | ||||
Vilain and Sánchez [63] | 2012 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable |
Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking | ||||
High androgen levels do not always provide an athletic advantage | |||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Set new criteria to separate sporting competition | |||
Viloria and Martinez-Patino [64] | 2012 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable |
Information and knowledge | Information on the treatment set by IOC/World Athletics in 2011 is lacking | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Abolish the 2011 regulations on hyperandrogenism | |||
Wahlert and Fiester [65] | 2012 | USA | Perspective | Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking |
Wiederkehr [66] | 2012 | DE | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Do not use a third category to separate sporting competition | |||
Cooky and Dworkin [67] | 2013 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable |
The sex construct | Sex is not binary | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Set new criteria to separate sporting competition | |||
Treat all advantages in sporting competition equally | |||||
Sex verification | Abolish sex verification | ||||
Sánchez et al. [68] | 2013 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages |
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Do not use a third category to separate sporting competition | |||
Gandert et al. [69] | 2013 | USA | Perspective | Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking |
Dabholkar [70] | 2013 | IN | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable |
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Abolish the 2011 regulations on hyperandrogenism | |||
Ferguson-Smith and Bavington [71] | 2014 | GB | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable |
Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking | ||||
Information on the treatment set by IOC/World Athletics in 2011 is lacking | |||||
High androgen levels do not always provide an athletic advantage | |||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Abolish the 2011 regulations on hyperandrogenism | |||
Teetzel [72] | 2014 | CA | Perspective | Sex verification | The athlete’s privacy must be ensured |
Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Set new criteria to separate sporting competition | |||
Include women in the debate | |||||
Zehnder [26] | 2014 | CH | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Solution | The sex construct | Abolish sex segregation in sporting competition | |||
Fair play and intersex athletes | Do not use a third category to separate sporting competition | ||||
Set new criteria to separate sporting competition | |||||
Henne [73] | 2014 | CA | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable | ||||
High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages | |||||
Jakubowska [74] | 2014 | PL | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable | ||||
Pieper [75] | 2014 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable |
Blithe and Hanchey [76] | 2015 | USA | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Sex verification | Sex verification is ethically inconsistent | ||||
Sonksen et al. [77] | 2015 | GB | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable |
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Abolish the 2011 regulations on hyperandrogenism | |||
Buzuvis [78] | 2016 | GB | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Fair play and intersex athletes | Diversity is what makes sports interesting | ||||
High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages | |||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Use self-identification as a criterion to separate sporting competition | |||
Gleaves and Lehrbach [79] | 2016 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | Excluding intersex athletes from elite sporting competition is unfair |
Solution | The sex construct | Abolish sex segregation in sporting competition | |||
Müller [80] | 2016 | DE | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Newbould [5] | 2016 | GB | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Do not use testosterone as a criterion to separate sporting competition | |||
Do not use biological parameters as criteria for separating sporting competition | |||||
Pitsiladis et al. [81] | 2016 | GB | Perspective | Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking |
Lovett [82] | 2016 | USA | Solution | Information and knowledge | Include other specialists to find a solution |
Auchus [25] | 2017 | USA | Perspective | Sex verification | The athlete’s privacy must be ensured |
Information and knowledge | High androgen levels provide an athletic advantage | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Intersex athletes should limit androgens to compete in female’s category | |||
Do not use self-identification as a criterion to separate sporting competition | |||||
Pielke [83] | 2017 | USA | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Fair play and intersex athletes | High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Do not use self-identification as a criterion to separate sporting competition | |||
Katz and Luckinbill [84] | 2017 | USA | Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Use self-identification as a criterion to separate sporting competition |
Ingthorsson [85] | 2017 | SE | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable |
Diversity is what makes sports interesting | |||||
High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages | |||||
Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Do not use a third category to separate sporting competition | |||
Davis and Preves [86] | 2017 | USA | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Ljungqvist [87] | 2018 | SE | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | A new rule for intersex athletes in elite sports is necessary |
Karkazis and Jordan-Young [7] | 2018 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable |
Fields [88] | 2018 | USA | Perspective | Sex verification | The athlete’s privacy must be ensured |
Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking | ||||
Solution | Sex verification | Set a clear policy on sex verification | |||
Linghede [89] | 2018 | SE | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Virgilii [90] | 2018 | IT | Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Use categories based on weight and height to separate sporting competition |
Harper et al. [4] | 2018 | CH | Perspective | The sex construct | Binary categories for elite sporting competition are appropriate |
Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Use an athletic gender | |||
The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are currently the best method | |||||
Jakob [91] | 2018 | DE | Perspective | The sex construct | Binary categories for elite sporting competition are appropriate |
Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Do not use a third category to separate sporting competition | |||
Do not use testosterone as a criterion to separate sporting competition | |||||
Karkazis and Carpenter [92] | 2018 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable |
Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking | ||||
Harper et al. [93] | 2018 | GB | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Binary categories for elite sporting competition are appropriate | |||||
Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Use an athletic gender | |||
Vilain and Martinez-Patiño [94] | 2019 | USA | Perspective | Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking |
Fair play and intersex athletes | The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable | ||||
Mahomed and Dhai [95] | 2019 | ZA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable |
The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable | |||||
Excluding intersex athletes from elite sporting competition is unfair | |||||
High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages | |||||
Posbergh [96] | 2019 | USA | Perspective | The sex construct | Sex is not binary |
Fair play and intersex athletes | The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable | ||||
Wells [97] | 2019 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The regulations on hyperandrogenism from 2011 are ethically debatable |
A new rule for intersex athletes in elite sports is necessary | |||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Abolish the 2011 regulations on hyperandrogenism | |||
Use self-identification as a criterion to separate sporting competition | |||||
Carpenter [98] | 2020 | AU | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable |
Holzer [99] | 2020 | CH | Perspective | The Sex Construct | Sex is not binary |
Martínková [100] | 2020 | CZ | Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Set new criteria to separate sporting competition |
Use a third category to separate sporting competition | |||||
Pereira-García et al. [101] | 2020 | ES | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | High androgen levels are one of many advantages |
Schneider [102] | 2020 | GB | Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Include women in the debate |
Kavoura and Kokkonen [103] | 2020 | FI | Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Set new criteria to separate sporting competition |
Information and knowledge | Educate about sex diversity | ||||
Hirschberg et al. [104] | 2020 | SE | Perspective | Information and knowledge | High androgen levels provide an athletic advantage |
Astobiza [105] | 2020 | ES | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable |
High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages | |||||
Brömdal [106] | 2020 | AU | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable |
Loland [107] | 2020 | NO | Perspective | The Sex Construct | Sex is not binary |
Fair play and intersex athletes | The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Set new criteria to separate sporting competition | |||
Use categories based on weight and height to separate sporting competition | |||||
Gollnast et al. [108] | 2021 | DE | Perspective | Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking |
Hamilton et al. [109] | 2021 | GB | Perspective | Information and knowledge | High androgen levels provide an athletic advantage |
Solution | The sex construct | Do not abolish sex segregation in sporting competition | |||
Fair play and intersex athletes | Intersex athletes should limit androgens to compete in the female category | ||||
Do not use self-identification as a criterion to separate sporting competition | |||||
Krane and Waldron [110] | 2021 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable |
Winkler and Gilleri [111] | 2021 | FR | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages |
The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable | |||||
Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking | ||||
Solution | Information and knowledge | Include other specialists to find a solution | |||
Schultz [112] | 2021 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable |
Mohapatra [113] | 2021 | IN | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable |
Hamilton et al. [114] | 2021 | GB | Perspective | Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking |
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | Do not use a third category to separate sporting competition | |||
Camporesi and Hämäläinen [115] | 2021 | GB | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages |
Moyer [116] | 2021 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable |
Richter-Unruh [117] | 2021 | DE | Perspective | Information and knowledge | High androgen levels provide an athletic advantage |
Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking | |||||
Fair play and intersex athletes | High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages | ||||
Solution | Fair play and intersex athletes | The decision on a participation permission should be conducted for each case individually | |||
Vann [118] | 2022 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | A new rule for intersex athletes in elite sports is necessary |
High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages | |||||
Information and knowledge | High androgen levels provide an athletic advantage | ||||
Shinohara [119] | 2022 | CH | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable |
Chanda and Saha [120] | 2022 | IN | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable |
Krane et al. [121] | 2022 | USA | Perspective | Fair play and intersex athletes | The World Athletics’ 2018 Eligibility Rules are ethically debatable |
High androgen levels are one of many athletic advantages | |||||
Information and knowledge | Information on intersex variations/androgens is lacking | ||||
Sex verification | Sex verification can cause great harm |