The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football

Sexism and the American Culture of Sports

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The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football

Sexism and the American Culture of Sports

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Women's freedom and their freedom of movement have always advanced in tandem; early in this century, a suffragette's most potent symbol was her bicycle. Sports are central to American culture and the socialization of children, yet the "manly" sports world rarely offers women a level playing field.

Despite laws to the contrary, all-male teams routinely garner a vastly disproportionate share of college athletic budgets; despite two decades of "sensitivity," men's sports are still a fertile breeding ground for Neanderthal attitudes about women; and despite increased awareness of sexual harassment, affairs between male coaches and underage female players are commonplace and gang rape of college women by male athletes has almost become a cliche.

As women have become increasingly involved in sports, those "manly" American sports - football, basketball, hockey - have seen an enormous explosion in popularity, at least partly because they are seen as an inviolably male domain.

Many women are finding that participation in sports can make them healthier, happier, more confident in their own abilities, more at home in their own skins, better able to compete with men in the workplace. Is this what men are fleeing when they watch football? Astute, provocative, and full of original research, Mariah Burton Nelson's book paves the way for a new awareness of the American culture of sports and its pervasive effects on both women and men.

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Cover of: The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football
The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football: Sexism and the Culture of Sport
Jul 31, 1996, Gardners Books
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Cover of: The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football
The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football: Sexism and the American Culture of Sports
March 1995, High-Top Sports Productions
Audio Cassette in English
Cover of: The stronger women get, the more men love football
Cover of: The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football
Cover of: The stronger women get, the more men love football
The stronger women get, the more men love football: sexism and the American culture of sports
1994, Harcourt Brace
in English - 1st ed.

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Audio Cassette
Dimensions
7 x 4.8 x 1 inches
Weight
5.6 ounces

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OL9343583M
ISBN 10
1567030343
ISBN 13
9781567030341
OCLC/WorldCat
30857623

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