Stand up and shout out women's fight for equal pay, equal rights, and equal opportunities in sports
"Today, women have greater opportunities to participate in sports than ever before, particularly due to the passage of Title IX in 1972. Yet, despite all this growth, women still struggle to hold leadership positions, become coaches of both girls and boys teams, receive equal pay, and get even adequ...
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Leading the charge
- Show us the money: Striving for pay and funding equity
- Honoring our women athletes: Where's the media coverage?
- The politics of women's sport: Becoming an active part of the sports network
- Speaking up and promoting women coaches
- #MeToo Movement in sports: Speaking up about sexual assault and abuse
- Double standards: Prejudice and unequal treatment of women of color under Title IX
- The LGBTQ community: Lesbian and transgender athletes
- A global challenge: International women in sport
- Time's up: Primary concerns and action steps.
