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Fair play how sports shape the gender debates

"A richly reported and provocative look at the history of women's sports and the controversy surrounding trans athletes by a leading LGBTQ+ sports journalist. For decades women have been playing competitive sports thanks in large part to the protective cover of Title IX. Since passage of that law, t...

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Main Author: Barnes, Katie (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Sports for women > History.
Sports > Social aspects.
Sex discrimination in sports > Law and legislation.
Sex discrimination against women.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in sports.
Sexism in sports journalism.
Women athletes > Legal status, laws, etc.
Gender identity in sports.
Trans athletes > Civil rights.
Intersex athletes > Civil rights.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The two genders
  • Thirty-seven words
  • No bow lesbo
  • The runner in South Africa
  • It's biology, and we can't change that
  • The wrestler
  • The runners in Connecticut
  • The breakup in women's sports
  • The quest to save women's sports
  • The case of Lia Thomas
  • Why aren't we talking about transgender men?
  • The answers to the questions I'm always asked
  • The future of policy
  • Epilogue: The march toward restriction.

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