ISBN:
9780199774920
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0199774927
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online Ressource (xv, 349 p., [8] p. of plates)
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ill.
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als McDonagh, Eileen L Playing with the boys
DDC:
306.4830973
Schlagwort(e):
Sports Social aspects
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United States
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Sex discrimination in sports United States
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Sex discrimination against women United States
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Sports Social aspects
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Sex discrimination in sports
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Sex discrimination against women
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Social Science
;
Sport & Recreation USA
;
United States
;
Sex discrimination in sports
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Sports ; Social aspects
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Sport ; Geschlechtsrolle ; USA
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Geschlechtsrolle ; Sport ; USA
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Frauensport ; USA
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Frauensport ; Gesellschaft ; USA
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Sport
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Sportsoziologie
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Diskriminierung
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Geschlechterrolle
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Geschlechterdifferenz
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Sport
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Mädchen
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Frau
;
Geschlechtertrennung
;
Diskriminierung
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Idrott
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Könsdiskriminering av kvinnor
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SPORTS & RECREATION ; Sociology of Sports
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Sex discrimination against women
;
USA
;
USA
;
United States
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
"In this forcefully argued book, Eileen McDonagh and Laura Pappano show in vivid detail how women have been unfairly excluded from participating in sports on an equal footing with men. Using powerful examples from the world of contemporary American athletics - girls and women trying to break through in football, ice hockey, wrestling, and baseball to name just a few - the authors show that sex differences are not sufficient to warrant women's coercive exclusion from competing with men; that some sex-group difference actually confer a sports advantage to women; and that "special rules" for women in sports do not simply reflect the "differences" between the sexes, but actively create and reinforce a view that women as a group are inherently inferior to men - even when women clearly are not. For instance, women's bodies give them a physiological advantage in endurance sports like the ultra-marathon and distance swimming. So, why do many Olympic events - from swimming to skiing to running to bike racing - have shorter races for women than men? Likewise, why are women's tennis matches limited to three sets while men's are best-of-fives? This book shows how sex-segregated sports policies, instead of reflecting sex-group differences, in fact construct them."--Jacket
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-334) and index. - Description based on print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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