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Women and Sport

Continuing a Journey of Liberation and Celebration

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ISBN: 9781450417594

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Page Count: 344


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.

Audience

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.

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

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 adopting instructors through HKPropel

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.

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Women and Sport

$85.00 USD

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.

Audience

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.

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

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 adopting instructors through HKPropel

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.

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