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At the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Germany, gender tests were carried out after Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana protested over allegations that ``three men were among the players of the Equatorial Guinea national team''. It is said that it has become. Nira Fischer, one of the Swedish national team players, wrote about the situation at the time in her book 'I Didn't Even Say Half Of It', 'You shouldn't shave 'there' for a few days.' He revealed that he had to show his genitals to the doctor.
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The players were dissatisfied with the instructions about hair removal and the humiliating examination, but they had to avoid losing the chance to play in the World Cup at all costs, so they said, 'I don't know how bad it was. But no matter how humiliating it was, I had to do it,” recalls Fisher.
Mr. Fischer further elaborated on the day of the gender test in response to an interview with the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. ``I realized what I had to do and quickly pulled my training pants and underwear down together,'' Fisher said. I would look to the doctor who was there, and he would take notes and then go out into the hallway and knock on the door of the next room.'
In the end, all the Swedish representatives were checked and had their genitals exposed. For the first time, the team doctor was able to sign a document stating that the Swedish women's national football team was made up entirely of women.
When asked how he felt, Fischer said, 'It was a very safe environment in the team, so it was probably the best environment to do the test. It was not a method, ”he commented.
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FIFA announced its Gender Recognition Policy two weeks before the start of the 2011 World Cup, requiring each player to 'sign an oath to ensure that players selected for the World Cup are of the 'appropriate gender''. I asked the team However, the rules state that 'each member federation has an obligation to actively investigate any deviations from secondary sex characteristics and to ensure the appropriate gender of all athletes.' However, it did not say to visually check the genitals.
Regarding this, the British news media The Guardian said, ``Despite the fact that a cheap and non-invasive method of determining sex by taking DNA from cells inside the cheek has been widely used for decades. It is unclear why physical examinations were carried out on the Swedish players.'
Meanwhile, Sweden's team doctor at the time, Mats Berjesson, explained that the reason for the physical examination was FIFA's request for an urgent examination when rumors about the Equatorial Guinea team circulated. .
'FIFA didn't do this to be mean to anyone,' Bergeson said. I've been trying to maintain fairness in women's sports so that it doesn't happen,' and appealed for the legitimacy of the test.
FIFA also issued a statement on the matter, saying, 'We are mindful of Nila Fischer's experience and her recent comments regarding gender verification tests carried out by the Swedish national team at the 2011 Women's World Cup.'
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