Park took to social media to give her side of the story. "My heart aches and it is humiliating," she wrote on her Facebook page, according to local media.
"I've been through gender tests many times and competed in the World Cup and the Olympics.
"I know these people are trying to destroy me ... In the past, I would have thrown my hands up and left, but I've worked so hard to get to this point, and I will not give up so easily."
There was also a robust response from lawmakers at the government-run Seoul City Sports Council on Thursday.
In a statement released to CNN, the sports council said the actions of the rival clubs were an infringement on her human rights and it demanded an official apology.
"Park's gender was tested by Korean Football Association in 2004 when she was selected to national team for Athens Olympics," it said.
"The demand from coaches from six different clubs to test the gender of Park again is double jeopardy.
"This is betraying the fundamental human rights of a player which should be protected at all means."
The editing in all of these articles, using "gender" instead of "sex" Maybe I'm just being anal about it because we're covering this in sociology right now and I'm planning on switching to a psych major, but...
