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Mariah Burton Nelson
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The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football: Sexism and the American Culture of Sports |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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304 |
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1994-06 |
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0151813930 |
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Harcourt |
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1.45 pounds |
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6.1 x 9.0 x 1.4 inches |
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1 |
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Product Description
Nelson's provocative study explores the connection between the predominantly physical endeavors of sports and sex, the reflection of women's freedom in physical movement and athletics, and how men respond to these expressions of freedom, both on and off the playing field.
Amazon.com Review
This eye-opening book links gender-based pay and scholarship inequity with male violence and male domination in sports and society at large. As this book points out, athletes who rape and male coaches who brag of beating their wives are often dismissed by our culture with a "boys will be boys" attitude. Formerly competitive co-ed sports have been replaced with sex-segregated sports after a woman wins against male competitors. Those dubious signals sent to boys such as "don't throw like a girl" are all designed to glorify masculinity and keep it safe from so-called female interference and contamination.
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