Last year Dutee Chand, the Indian under-18 100m champion, was barred from competing in women’s races. Nobody imagines that, biologically or socially, Chand is not a woman. But she has a condition called hyperandrogenism, in which her body naturally produces high levels of testosterone.  High enough to place her in the ‘male’ range in the eyes of International Association of Athletics Federations, the IAAF, the governing body of international track and field. The IAAF insists that Chand can only compete […]

Categories: Philosophy & Ethics, Women • Tags: alva noe, athletics, dutee chand, sport