The Science and Politics of Gender in Women's Sports

This episode explores the complex issues of gender, testosterone, and fairness in women's sports, featuring insights from Sasha Gollish & Roger Pielke Jr. Sasha Gollish is a competitive elite runner for Team Canada, an engineer with a PhD in civil engineering, and researcher at the University of Toronto’s Mental Health and Physical Activity Research Centre. She is the co-founder of Yellow Running Shoes and an advocate for gender equity in sport. Roger Pielke Jr. is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, professor emeritus at the University of Colorado Boulder, and author of The Honest Broker. Keywords: women's sports, gender equity, testosterone, DSD, intersex athletes, fairness, sports policy, science and ethics, transgender athletes, sports governanceChapters00:00 Introduction to the Conversation01:49 The Resurgence of Eligibility Testing in Women's Sports04:35 Challenging Assumptions About Performance Advantages12:16 The Impact of Testing on Future Generations of Female Athletes20:29 Analyzing the Findings of the Research Paper28:06 Contextualizing Performance Data and Its Implications34:28 Debunking Myths of Advantage in Women's Sports39:08 The Ethics of Coerced Consent in Sports41:29 The Consequences of Gender Verification Policies46:25 Colonialism and Control in Women's Sports48:04 Trans Athletes vs. DSD: A Distinct Conversation56:03 Unpacking the Concept of Unfair Male Advantage01:06:31 Future of Women's Sports and Eligibility PoliciesHosts in this episode: Nathan, Anna, Johanna________________________________________Support & Follow The End of SportPatreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/Theendofsport⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Support the show!)Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@endofsportpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@endofsportpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter/X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@EndofSportPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The End of Sport⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen, share, and support The End of Sport, a proud member of the Harbinger Media Network, a community of over sixty leftist podcasts at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠harbingermedianetwork.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.