OLD THREAD REPOST: A brief history of the practice of "sex verification" in sport.
This thread will mention anti-intersex discrimination, FGM practices and body shaming.
The story of sex verification in sport begins with the original Olympic games in Ancient Greece. Let us take you back to around 400BCE, and a woman named Kallipateira...
Since the #Olympics have come round again, let's revisit a brief history of the practice of "sex verification" in sport, and its roots in the Olympic games more than two millennia ago https://masto.ai/@vagina_museum/109835356389422151
