Gender policing in sport shows cruel double standards

25 August 2024 - 00:00
By Lindiwe Mazibuko

Underpinning the criticism of Khelif and Yu-Ting is a thinly veiled agenda to ostracise female athletes who do not conform to traditional Western notions of femininity and womanhood, writes Lindiwe Mazibuko.

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