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Why women's only gym hours aren't sexist
by The Rabbit Hole
posted April 22, 2013 at 8:54pm

Peter Lloyd of the UK's Daily Mail recently wrote a rather inflammatory article titled, "Why I'm suing my gym over their sexist women-only hours".  He argues that providing women's only hours is a gender bias that is unfair AND "pathologises masculin...more

The Boston Marathon: Revisiting the non-event
by The Rabbit Hole
posted April 21, 2013 at 10:48am

As I write this the sole surviving brother of the alleged Boston Marathon bombings duo is probably being interrogated by Federal Agents in some dimly lit warehouse in Boston. At least, if you watch enough television crime dramas that's what one would assu...more

Women in Sports: Novelties No More
by Pretty Tough
posted April 21, 2013 at 10:42am

The novelty of women in sports is wearing thin.  And that’s a good thing. Brittney Griner, after a crushing Sweet 16 defeat ended her career, found herself filling headlines instead of the lane when Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban float...more

Statues of Female Leaders?
by One Sport Voice
posted April 15, 2013 at 8:46pm

  Over the weekend while perusing news, I saw two images of giant statues of male leaders. The first was of the late former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il (L). The second picture was a statue of late Pope John Paul II (R)– bi...more

Sportscene's Take: Academic report shuns Rogge’s “major boost for gender equality” at London 2012
by WomenCANIntl
posted April 7, 2013 at 9:36pm

Sportscene's Nicolaas Harding breaks down the University of Torontos report - which analysed whether London 2012 was in fact a model for gender equality in sport - for Olympic Canoe/Kayak. Results are, despite more female athletes competing in e...more

Larry Cain - Olympic Canoeing Gold Medalist on Women's Canoe and Olympic Gender Inequality
by WomenCANIntl
posted April 4, 2013 at 9:12pm

Olympic Gold Medalist Canoeist Larry Cain speaks out on gender inequality in Olympic Canoeing "I'll probably ruffle a few feathers with this post, but it needs to be said. It's time for women to race canoe in the Olympics and continuing to ignore gende...more

University of Toronto Report Reveals Inequalities at London 2012
by WomenCANIntl
posted April 4, 2013 at 7:48pm

The London 2012 Olympics - A Gender Equality Audit. From the Centre for Sport Policy Studies at the University of Toronto, Peter Donnelly and Michele K. Donnelly analysed gender equality in sport using the case of the 2012 London Olympics.   WOMEN'...more

Psychotic Coach Behavior: Have We Really So Totally Lost Our Way in College Athletics?
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted April 3, 2013 at 9:14pm

On Tuesday Outside the Lines aired a segment featuring a video of Mike Rice, the Rutgers men’s basketball coach, physically, emotionally and verbally bullying players on his team during practice. Not just one time at one practice, the video was a mo...more

Portrayal of Women's Fitness
by Pretty Strong
posted April 3, 2013 at 6:00pm

So last night, I was looking through photos on a Facebook page called, "Fitness Girls." Needless to say, I was not surprised at the results. This is what brought up my question this morning of, "Do people actually want to be 'healthy' or in 'shape?' or ju...more

Title IX Is No Excuse to Reject Transgender Applicants to Women's Colleges
by Title IX Blog
posted April 1, 2013 at 12:08pm

Smith College, a women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts, has made news in recent weeks (see, e.g., here, here, and here) for its widely publicized decision to refuse to consider the application of a transgender applicant.  According to the rej...more

Coverage of Rape & "Jock Culture" Needs Context
by Sports, Media & Society
posted March 29, 2013 at 4:21pm

In light of the the cases that connect sports to rape culture, progressive sportswriter Dave Zirin proposed in his recent article that professional leagues such as the NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA  should address the prevailing violence against women. Ziri...more

Food for Thought: Why is the 'Biggest Loser' so popular?
by The Rabbit Hole
posted March 21, 2013 at 9:45am

The Biggest Loser just wrapped up its 14th season.  I'm not sure what the ratings were like but from watching social media it seemed that the Biggest Loser is still as relevant to people's lives as it has ever been.  I have been working on a res...more

Women's Canoe - Long Overdue: An In-Depth Analysis as to Why Women's Canoe Isn't In the Olympics
by WomenCANIntl
posted March 2, 2013 at 1:45pm

“There is no excuse for perpetuating the blatant sexism that persists at the Games.Not only do women compete in only 21 sports while men take part in 27, but the program of events in most sports has fewer events for women. At the Olympics women do k...more

The Power of One Sentence: Heterosexism in Coaches’ Biographies
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted March 1, 2013 at 8:10pm

If you peruse professional biographies for coaches, administrators and other staff on collegiate athletic department websites, you will notice a common characteristic of the vast majority: At the end of the description of each staff member’s profes...more

SI, swimsuits and the cause of women’s sports
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted February 20, 2013 at 7:56am

Tweet It’s mid-to-late February. The Super Bowl is over, conference play in college basketball is heating up, and pitchers and catchers have reported. Which means it’s time for the annual flogging of Sports Illustrated for its popular and hi...more

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition: Sexist AND Racist
by The Rabbit Hole
posted February 19, 2013 at 8:39am

The Sports Illustrated (SI) swimsuit edition is sexist, I think we can all agree on that.  This year's edition of the swimsuit issue took their sexism to all seven continents in an attempt to "present the natural beauty of each setting and its people...more

From Russia, But Not With Love
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted February 18, 2013 at 8:15pm

Russia is sending a message to LGBT people, but it is definitely not a love note.  As much of the western world is moving toward greater acceptance and legal protections for LGBT people, Russia is moving in the opposite direction. National polls tel...more

Best Athlete Ever??: The Missing and the Metrics
by After Atalanta
posted February 14, 2013 at 10:23pm

I remember a couple of years ago I was a regular reader of a fellow grad student's blog. When she got down to writing her dissertation, she took a blog hiatus. I thought then "well, come on. You must have time to blog even if you are writing your disserta...more

Wake up, wake up: The reality of amateurism
by Sports, Media & Society
posted February 13, 2013 at 8:19am

The debate around amateurism in college athletics is not new, but a recently published article by Warren K. Zola, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs at Boston College, offers some great insights that are worthy of attention. Zola, just as others have d...more

Just for women sports 24/7 coming our way
by HeraeaMarketing
posted February 12, 2013 at 7:46pm

Sports Channel for Women TV...more

Op-Ed Addresses Income, Sex Inequalities in Schools and Public Parks
by Title IX Blog
posted February 9, 2013 at 6:55pm

A great op-ed on Title IX appeared on Law.com this week to commemorate the 27th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day.  The author, Kim Turner, a fellow at the Fair Play for Girls in Sports Project, makes the case that despite Title IX, inequ...more

Reflections: Biting the Hand that Feeds You
by The Rabbit Hole
posted February 6, 2013 at 8:47am

I came across a TED Talk a few days ago given by a model, Cameron Russell.  This was the first time I had ever heard of her but she has quickly jumped to the top of my list of favourite models (although it was not an extensive list to begin with). &n...;more

The Hero Worship Conundrum
by Fast at Forty
posted January 20, 2013 at 9:24am

The Lance Armstrong dog and pony show has come to a circuitous and anti-climactic ending. He confessed! He said “I’m sorry”! He said “I want to compete still”! He said “my fortune is going away”! But. He did all o...more

This is not about Lance Armstrong
by After Atalanta
posted January 19, 2013 at 11:25am

OK. OK. I lied. I bullied you into reading this post and expressed a mistruth. This post is indeed about Lance Armstrong. Judge me as you see fit. But it's not some moral diatribe about ethics and truth and sportsmanship, blah, blah, blah.I didn't have a...more

University of Texas’s Bev Kearney forced to resign. Did she do wrong?
by carabyrd
posted January 13, 2013 at 10:06am

Whispers and rumors began to surround University of Texas’s women’s track and field coach, Bev Kearney in November when she was placed on administrative leave.  Many questioned what she could have possibly done.  Kearney had led the ...more

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