Women in sport: issues and controversies

Abstract

PART ONE: GENDER ISSUES Gender Role Stereotypes and Early Childhood Socialization - Susan L Greendorfer Whose Body Is This? Women's Sports and Sexual Politics - Donald Sabo and Michael A Messner PART TWO: HERSTORY: A LEGACY OF HONOR Heroines - Joan Paul Paving the Way The Legendary Babe Didrikson Zaharias - Betty Hicks The All-American Girl's Professional Baseball League - Mary Pratt The AIAW - L Leotus Morrison Governance by Women for Women PART THREE: GOVERNMENT AND POLICY Governance - Paula Welsh The First Half Century Letters Home - Linda Jean Carpenter My Life With Title IX Secondary School Programs - Mary C Lydon Diversity in Practice Political Analysis - Donna A Lopiano Gender Equity Strategies for the Future PART FOUR: PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Basic Exercise Physiology - Carol L Christensen Myths and Realities Nutrition and the Female Athlete - Helen T McCarthy Athletic Training for the Female Athlete - Kathleen Cerra-Laquale Eating Disorders and Related Behavior Among Athletes - Marjorie Caldwell PART FIVE: INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF WOMEN'S SPORTS Media Portrayal of the Female Athlete - Greta L Cohen The Olympic Games - Anita L DeFrantz Our Birthright to Sports Homophobia in Women's Sports - Pat Griffin The Fear That Divides Us The Minority Experience in Sport - R Vivian Acosta Monochromatic or Technicolor? PART SIX: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Competition - Mimi Murray and Hilary Matheson Perceived Barriers to Success The Coach's Role - Patricia A Sullivan and Deborah J Wilson Women With Disabilities - Claudine Sherrill PART SEVEN: ECONOMICS OF SPORT Equity - Christine H B Grant and Charles F Darley What Price Equality? The New Competition - Marjorie A Snyder Sports Careers for Women Tennis - Christine M Shelton Hard Work Paying Off PART EIGHT: CHANGING TIMES One Future for Sport - Mary Duquin Moving Toward an Ethic of Care Women's Sport and the Feminist Movement - Nancy Bailey Building Bridges Sport in the Global Community - Greta L Cohen

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