Intersex Athletes: A Case Study

“All men are created equal” is what our country was founded on. We live in a fast-evolving era where anything is possible and anything is subject to change. As a member of society one has to learn to be accepting and adapt towards things that are different. Presently, there is a unjustifiable and secluded prejudice aimed at intersex,1 (aka. hermaphrodite) athletes. More has to be done to done to bring equality to the intersex population, because singling them out isn't a good decision.
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games were held this summer in Brazil. The Olympic games are the most prestigious events which any athlete can participate in. For that particular reason the sports spectacular requires over 400 rules and regulations in order for the entirety of the games to run smoothly. …show more content…
The hormone can simply be present remained untapped. If that would be the case some intersex athletes would be in par with the average women or male athlete; therefore yielding an unjust discrimination
On the occasion that there would be the detection of all the teststrone present in the body of the athlete, the advantage would not chemical, but instead it would be a biological advantage like height in basketball or long arms in swimming; it's not the athlete's fault; therefore the sports atmosphere would be discrimination with no motive.
People really aren't giving hermaphrodites a chance in any aspect. Statistics show that 19% of suicides are committed by intersex humans. The amount of suicides in the general population is made microscopical compared to the other groups (lgbts). The intersex community isn't as small as perceived. Most see being a hermaphrodite as an oddity but it isn't as rare as expected. 1.7 % of the human population is intersex:that is a higher percentage than the 1.5 of native americans there are in