Read Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America (Sport and Society)

Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America (Sport and Society)

Sarah K. Fields

4.9/5 (21036 ratings)

Description:Female Gladiators is the first book to examine legal and social battles over the right of women to participate with men in contact sports. The impetus to begin legal proceedings was the 1972 enactment of Title IX, which prohibited discrimination in educational settings, but it was the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution and the equal rights amendments of state constitutions that ultimately opened doors. Despite court rulings, however, many in American society resisted--and continue to resist--allowing girls in dugouts and other spaces traditionally defined as male territories._x000B__x000B_Inspired, women and girls began to demand access to the contact sports which society had previously deemed too strenuous or violent for them to play. When the leagues continued to bar girls simply because they were not boys, the girls went to court. Sarah K. Fields's Female Gladiators is the only book to examine the legal and social battles over gender and contact sport that continue to rage today.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America (Sport and Society). To get started finding Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America (Sport and Society), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0252091205

Description: Female Gladiators is the first book to examine legal and social battles over the right of women to participate with men in contact sports. The impetus to begin legal proceedings was the 1972 enactment of Title IX, which prohibited discrimination in educational settings, but it was the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution and the equal rights amendments of state constitutions that ultimately opened doors. Despite court rulings, however, many in American society resisted--and continue to resist--allowing girls in dugouts and other spaces traditionally defined as male territories._x000B__x000B_Inspired, women and girls began to demand access to the contact sports which society had previously deemed too strenuous or violent for them to play. When the leagues continued to bar girls simply because they were not boys, the girls went to court. Sarah K. Fields's Female Gladiators is the only book to examine the legal and social battles over gender and contact sport that continue to rage today.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America (Sport and Society). To get started finding Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America (Sport and Society), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America (Sport and Society)

Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America (Sport and Society)

More Books

Perfect Kill (D.I. Callanach, #6)

Perfect Kill (D.I. Callanach, #6)

Game Faces: Sport Celebrity and the Laws of Reputation (Sport and Society)

Game Faces: Sport Celebrity and the Laws of Reputation (Sport and Society)

Profile K

Profile K

Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America (Sport & Society) (Sport and Society) by Sarah K.. Fields (2008-09-02)

Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America (Sport & Society) (Sport and Society) by Sarah K.. Fields (2008-09-02)

Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America (Sport and Society) by Sarah K. Fields (2008-06-25)

Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America (Sport and Society) by Sarah K. Fields (2008-06-25)

[(Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America )] [Author: Sarah K.. Fields] [Sep-2008]

[(Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America )] [Author: Sarah K.. Fields] [Sep-2008]

De kliniek (Connie Woolwine, #2)

De kliniek (Connie Woolwine, #2)

Dokonalá kořist (D.I. Callanach, #2)

Dokonalá kořist (D.I. Callanach, #2)

Täydellinen kuolema

Täydellinen kuolema