JuristaFeminista

Edited by Iusport 01/08/24

46 seconds were enough for Angela Carini to stop the unfair fight against Imane Khelif, after the latter had punched her violently in the face. And let’s keep this illustration of the situation, because the fight we have witnessed today between Carini and Khelif was not sport, but violence, knowingly permitted by the IOC.   

It’s not about inclusion, it’s not about equality; it’s about contempt for women.  

This unfair pugilistic combat has highlighted the well-founded reasons put forward by female athletes and feminist organizations to claim that the female category in sports should be for women only. As we have seen, allowing trans self-identified males to fight against women is a measure lacking any legal justification, which breaks the rules of sports law and exposes the health and physical integrity of sportswomen in an unjustified, irrational and unnecessary manner, legitimizing violence against women. In addition, the opportunities to develop their sporting careers in dignified and fair conditions are annulled. With the stoppage of the bout, victory has been given to a person who has cheated gender and who has robbed Angela Carini of the opportunity to achieve sporting success in the Olympics that she could have had if she had competed against a woman.           The Carini vs. Khelif bout evidences the fallacy of the supposed inclusion and equality that is argued to allow born trans-self-identified males to compete in the female category. If it ends up excluding women, as happened in this fight, we cannot speak of inclusion. If it treats as equal those who are different, we cannot speak of equality, because the truth is that Angela Carini is a woman, being a carrier of XX chromosomes; and, carrying XY chromosomes, Imane Khelif is a man. And, therefore, the second person should compete in the male category, which is the one that corresponds to people of his sex.

In this article I address the legal analysis of a bout that violates the rules of boxing and its legal consequences.

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