This just made me realize we kinda always did in a way. I remember having to go to the doctor for a physical before I could play sports. “Turn head and cough.”
To be clear, I’m not in favor of prohibiting trans kids from sports. Just musing that I did in fact have to have my genitals inspected to play sports in school.
In the US many schools require students go to a doctor to get a “physical” before they can do a number of school activities. A physical is just a standard healthcheck to make sure there aren’t any health concerns (and that may involve checking reproductive organs).
This just made me realize we kinda always did in a way. I remember having to go to the doctor for a physical before I could play sports. “Turn head and cough.”
To be clear, I’m not in favor of prohibiting trans kids from sports. Just musing that I did in fact have to have my genitals inspected to play sports in school.
They were checking for a hernia, not checking your genitals.
What kind of school was that? We never had an examination before sports
In the US many schools require students go to a doctor to get a “physical” before they can do a number of school activities. A physical is just a standard healthcheck to make sure there aren’t any health concerns (and that may involve checking reproductive organs).
https://www.patientfirst.com/services/physicals
Public school in Texas.
Physicals are very common