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Contradictory Values And Rules: The Case Of Olympic Sports, Sarah Teetzel
Contradictory Values And Rules: The Case Of Olympic Sports, Sarah Teetzel
XIV IAPh Symposium 2010
This presentation is part of the Gender and Sport track.
This paper examines the concepts of sex/gender, rules, and values using a case study of the eligibility requirements for participating in the Olympic Games. As a global event that attracts more than one billion viewers, the impact of the Olympic Games is substantial. Stemming from a larger project that questions whether rules governing participation in the Olympics function to facilitate the attainment of the values and ideals associated with the Olympic Games, this paper focuses on the tension between the Olympic Charter’s mandate of non-discrimination and specific rules found within …