Sex, Gender Identity and Sport

This thought-provoking book takes a critical look at the relationship between biological sex and gender identity in the context of sport, and considers the consequent implications for sport policy. It argues that biological sex is essential to an understanding of female athletes and sport participants, including the sex gap in sports performance, the history of female exclusion from sport, and the importance of the female sport category in relation to equal human rights, competitive opportunities, and fairness for girls and women.The book features the work of leading international scholars and practitioners working in a variety of disciplines, including sport history, sport medicine, sport philosophy, sport physiology, sport policy, sport sociology, and equality, discrimination and human rights law.It examines the history of sex and gender in sport, and introduces the fundamental anatomy, physiology and biomechanics of the female athlete, as well as the science of testosterone suppress