female athletes

Sportswomen in competition

Female athletes are women and girls who compete in sports.

The term often appears in discussions about gender equity in athletics, physiological differences between sexes, and policies regarding transgender participation: Title IX expanded opportunities for female athletes.

The phrase sometimes carries political weight in debates over women's sports.

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sex/gender

female athletesmen

Adult male humans

sportsmen · he-men

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female, athletes

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