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Women and Sport
Continuing a Journey of Liberation and Celebration
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Short Description
Women and Sport: Continuing a Journey of Liberation and Celebration
is a comprehensive textbook for interdisciplinary courses that focus on
women and gender studies in sport. It provides readers with
thought-provoking discussions about the history, evolution, and current
role of women in sport.
© 2016
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Book 344 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781450417594
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Women and Sport: Continuing a Journey of Liberation and Celebration focuses on women winning access to the playing field as well as the front office in sport. Readers will gain an understanding of how women have been involved in sport and physical activity, how they have struggled for widespread recognition and legitimacy in the eyes of many, and how they continue to carve out their role in shaping sport as we know it today and as it will be in the future.
Edited by renowned expert Ellen J. Staurowsky, widely accepted as an authority on college athlete rights and Title IX and gender equity, Women and Sport facilitates interdisciplinary, research-based discussion by providing a detailed account of contributions from women in sport. The text features a foreword by sport executive Donna Orender and 15 chapters—written by leading authorities in women and gender studies in sport—that are grouped into four parts: - Women’s Sport in Context: Connecting Past and Present reminds readers of the historical events and influences that shape today’s landscape.
- Strong Girls, Strong Women recognizes gender differences and what it means to create equitable access to sport opportunities.
- Women, Sport, and Social Location explores how various characteristics and qualities may affect sport participation and opportunities.
- Women in the Sport Industry offers a rare and contemporary approach to examining women in sport leadership, management, and media.
Women and Sport was developed with the intent of filling a need by serving as a primary textbook and separates itself from other titles by providing an abundance of instructor ancillary materials that assist in class preparations. Pedagogical aids such as objectives, glossary terms, discussion questions, and learning activities in each chapter facilitate student understanding of the material covered. Sidebars throughout the text enable the contributors to provide thought-provoking content on topics such as media coverage of female athletes, how female athletes are used in marketing campaigns, and whether athletic competitions should continue to be segregated by sex. Readers will discover the impact of these topics in many areas of society, from biomedical to psychosocial and historical.
Through its engaging content, Women and Sport: Continuing a Journey of Liberation and Celebration serves as a launching pad for discussions that will shape society’s ongoing conversation about what it means to be a female athlete or a woman working in sport. It is an ideal textbook for adoption in interdisciplinary courses that focus on women and gender studies in sport.
Preface
Foreword
Donna Orender
Introduction: Becoming a Female Athlete
Dayna Daniels, PhD
Part I Women’s Sport in Context: Connecting Past and Present
- Chapter 1. Women’s Sport Through the Lens of History
- Ellen J. Staurowsky, EdD
- Women’s Education in the Late 1800s
- Female Complaints and the Suspect Science of Female Weakness
- Women’s Physical Education and the Fair but Weaker Sex
- Learning Aids
- Chapter 2. Title IX and Beyond: The Impact of the Civil Rights and Women’s Movements on Women’s Sport
- Ellen J. Staurowsky, EdD
- The Story Behind Title IX
- A Brief Overview of Title IX’s Legislative History
- Growth in Athletic Programs Since Title IX
- What Every Citizen Should Know About Title IX
- The Future of Title IX
- Learning Aids
- Chapter 3. Women’s Sport in the 21st Century
- Ellen J. Staurowsky, EdD
- Sport Involvement for Women and Girls: Changes in Baseline Data
- The Concept of the Female Athlete Paradox
- Paradox of the Female Athlete Warrior
- Paradox of the Strong Female Athlete Who Feels the Need to Apologize for Being Strong
- Paradox of Femininity and Muscularity
- Transcending the Paradox: The Female Athlete Who Is Unapologetic
- Separate But Equal: Does It Remove or Reinforce the Paradoxes That Affect Female Athletes?
- Learning Aids
Part II Strong Girls, Strong Women
- Chapter 4. Benefits and Risks of Sport Participation by Women and Girls
- Ellen J. Staurowsky, EdD
- Educational Attainment and Sport Participation
- Physical Health Benefits of Female Sport Participation
- Female Athletes, Mental Toughness, and Depression
- Female Athletes and Substance Use and Abuse
- Sexual Risk Prevention and the Female Athlete
- Female Athlete Triad: Disordered Eating, Amenorrhea, and Bone Health
- Female Athletes and Injuries
- Learning Aids
- Chapter 5. Physiology and the Female Athlete: Is Biology Destiny?
- Katie Sell, PhD, and Sharon Phillips, PhD
- Prepubescent Training Differences in Boys and Girls
- Differences in Pubescent Fitness Development for Boys and Girls
- Impact of Early Maturation on Athletic Performance
- Menstruation and Athletic Performance
- Post-Pubertal Physiological Differences and Performance Variability
- Training Implications for Female Athletes
- Physiological Differences and Injury Risk
- Women, the Media, and Perception
- Learning Aids
Part III Women, Sport, and Social Location
- Chapter 6. Experiences of Female Athletes of Color
- Jacqueline McDowell, PhD, and Akilah Carter-Francique, PhD
- Living on the Margins: Women of Color
- Sporting Experiences of Women of Color in the United States
- Creating Positive Sporting Experiences for Women of Color
- Learning Aids
- Chapter 7. Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation: Inclusion and Prejudice in Sport
- Vikki Krane, PhD
- Transgender Youth Sport Participants
- Post-Pubescent and Adult Transgender Athletes
- Sexual Orientation and Women’s Sport
- Consequences of Heteronormativity, Homonegativism, and Transnegativism
- Accepting and Affirming Sport Climates
- Learning Aids
- Chapter 8. Women’s Sport and Aging
- Ellen J. Staurowsky, EdD
- Women, Aging, and U.S. Sport Participation Trends
- Culture, Aging, and the Older Woman
- Competitive Sport Opportunities for Older Women
- Benefits of Sports Participation for Older Women
- Successful Aging Through Continued Sport Participation
- Barriers to Older Women’s Sport Participation
- Learning Aids
- Chapter 9. Women With Disabilities in Sport
- Mary A. Hums, PhD
- History of Sport for People With Disabilities
- Participation of Female Athletes With Disabilities
- Legal System as an Access Tool
- Women as Leaders in Sport for People with Disabilities
- The Future for Girls and Women With Disabilities in Sport
- Learning Aids
- Chapter 10. Women, Sport, and Sexual Violence
- Ellen J. Staurowsky, EdD
- Prevalence of the Sexual Victimization of Girls and Women in Sport
- The Blurring of Boundaries in Coach–Athlete Relationships
- Legal Avenues
- Education and Prevention Programs
- Learning Aids
Part IV Women in the Sport Industry
- Chapter 11. Women, Media, and Sport
- Marie Hardin, PhD, and Dunja Antunovic, PhD
- History of Women in Sports Media
- Challenges for Women in Sports Media
- Parallels: Women Covering, Women Competing
- Female Athletes and the Media
- Learning Aids
- Chapter 12. Female Leaders in Corporate Sport
- Ellen J. Staurowsky, EdD, and Maureen Smith, PhD
- Mapping Gender and the Sport Workplace
- Explanations for the Scarcity of Women Working in Corporate Sport
- Importance of Stories About Female Executives in Sport
- Learning Aids
- Chapter 13. Female Leaders in High School and College Sport Workplaces
- Ellen J. Staurowsky, EdD
- Gendered Nature of High School and College Sport Workplace Settings
- Jobs for Women in School-Based Sport Settings
- Women’s Representation in High School and College Sport Workplaces
- Hiring, Retention, and Advancement of Women in School Sport Workplaces
- The Future For Women in High School and College Sport Workplaces
- Learning Aids
- Chapter 14. Merchandising and Marketing Women’s Sports
- Corinne Farneti, PhD
- Women as Consumers and Fans
- Merchandising and Sporting Goods Targeted to Female Consumers
- Approaches to Women’s Sport Marketing
- Efforts to Market Women’s Sport
- Sport Marketing Tactics
- Missed Opportunities to Market Women’s Sport
- Learning Aids
- Chapter 15. Influence of Religion and Politics on Women’s Sport
- Carole Oglesby, PhD
- Religion, Tradition, and Power Positions for Women in Sport Governance
- Transformation of Gender Politics in Sport
- Know the System
- Principles and Mission of the Olympic Movement
- Women’s Progressing Influence Outside and Inside Sport
- Learning Aids
Epilogue: Glimpsing the Future for Girls and Women in Sport
Ellen J. Staurowsky, EdD
References
Index
About the Editor
About the Contributors
Textbook for undergraduate students in women and sport or gender and
sport courses; supplemental text for courses in the disciplines of sport
administration, sport history, sport management, sport sociology, sport
studies, women’s studies, and kinesiology. Reference for professionals
and scholars interested in researching interdisciplinary issues
concerning women and gender in sport.
Ellen J. Staurowsky, EdD, is a professor in the department of
sport management at Drexel University. She is renowned as an authority
on the business of college athletics, college student-athlete rights,
and Title IX and gender equity. Staurowsky has been featured in numerous
national media outlets and served as an expert witness in the historic
antitrust case O’Bannon v. NCAA. Staurowsky draws from more
than 30 years of experience as both a practitioner and scholar, having
served as a collegiate athletic director at multiple colleges as well as
a coach at the collegiate level of field hockey, women’s lacrosse, and
men’s soccer. Before her appointment at Drexel in 2011, she was a
professor at Ithaca College, where she worked for nearly two decades.
Staurowsky teaches courses in women and sport, gender issues in sport,
legal foundations of Title IX, and sociology of sport. She is a member
of the College Sport Research Institute advisory board, the Ursinus
College Board of Trustees, and various professional organizations,
having previously served as president of the National American Society
for the Sociology of Sport. She is coauthor of College Athletes for
Hire: The Evolution and Legacy of the NCAA Amateur Myth.
All ancillaries are free to course adopters and available at www.HumanKinetics.com/WomenAndSport.
Instructor guide. Includes a sample syllabus, discussion questions, and learning activities to assist in lecture preparation.
Test package. Includes questions for each chapter in true-or-false, multiple-choice, essay, and short-answer formats.
Presentation package. Includes PowerPoint slides that can be used in classroom lectures or printed to be distributed as handouts. Slides can be rearranged, edited, and incorporated into other presentations as well as searched for content based on key words.
The presentation package is also available for purchase • ISBN 978-1-4925-1810-5
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