""It takes me back to the 1950s and 1960s, when women practically had to go through a series of controls, had to undress in front of a panel of doctors," she told DW. "I get the impression that we haven't advanced from a scientific point of view. We've made practically no progress if it's now categorically said that women with X and Y chromosomes are not women.""
""It's not black or white. There are more than 60 genetic mutations which I think are not all that complicated to study. Something that I've always said is that it should be done case by case," she said."
World Athletics introduced a mandatory one-time genetic test for athletes competing in the female category at elite level that checks for the presence of the Y chromosome and the SRY gene. The test is required from September 1 ahead of the world championships and can be conducted by cheek swab or blood test. Maria Jose Martinez-Patino describes the measure as a setback, argues that biological sex determination is complex with more than 60 genetic mutations, and calls for case-by-case assessment. Martinez-Patino distinguishes differences in sexual development (DSD) from transgender issues and warns against conflating them.
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