What does gender test means?

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  2. tonyinabox

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    maybe testing what if they use drug or not.
     
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    As the name implies, they test which gender a certain athlete is.

    http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/gendertest/gendertest.html

    If a man has an op to become a woman he/she can't compete as a female athlete because he/she would have an unfair advantage.

    Tony Googles/types faster than I do :(

    Also: http://bioethics.net/hs/Briefs/?t=1&a=30

     
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    I was confused too when I heard the news on TV yesterday!!! Still can't figure out what is the matter!
    When I saw her running during her silver winning race---I though here is a girl--Lol.
     
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    Another way is when a women takes a lot of man hormones (like those East-German athletes from the Cold War). They effectively got male muscles, which gave them an edge in competing. A hormone test can make sure this doesn't happen anymore.
     
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