02933nam 2200697 a 450 991079175760332120230207232813.00-19-773381-60-19-984059-80-19-538677-91-283-09810-597866130981080-19-977492-7(CKB)2560000000071627(EBL)679394(OCoLC)713022962(SSID)ssj0000472133(PQKBManifestationID)12212308(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472133(PQKBWorkID)10433745(PQKB)11004951(SSID)ssj0000649469(PQKBManifestationID)12309270(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000649469(PQKBWorkID)10602475(PQKB)21242961(Au-PeEL)EBL679394(CaPaEBR)ebr10463167(CaONFJC)MIL309810(MiAaPQ)EBC679394(EXLCZ)99256000000007162720070504d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPlaying with the boys[electronic resource] why separate is not equal in sports /Eileen McDonagh, Laura PappanoOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (376 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-516756-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.What's the problem -- The sex difference question -- Title IX : old norms in new forms -- Sex-segregated sports on trial -- Inventing barriers -- Breaking barriers -- Pass the ball.Athletic contests help define what we mean in America by ""success."" By keeping women from ""playing with the boys"" on the false assumption that they are inherently inferior, society relegates them to second-class citizens. In this forcefully argued book, Eileen McDonagh and Laura Pappano show in vivid detail how women have been unfairly excluded from participating in sports on an equal footing with men. Using dozens of powerful examples--girls and women breaking through in football, ice hockey, wrestling, and baseball, to name just a few--the authors show that sex differences are not sufficSportsSocial aspectsUnited StatesSex discrimination in sportsUnited StatesSex discrimination against womenUnited StatesSportsSocial aspectsSex discrimination in sportsSex discrimination against women306.4830973McDonagh Eileen L1485655Pappano Laura1962-1485656MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791757603321Playing with the boys3704880UNINA