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Cuts to men's teams and the shark attack phenomenon
by Title IX Blog
posted June 28, 2010 at 5:39pm

This article about the Quinnipiac trial contained the following quote from the coach of the former men's track team, which was cut along with volleyball: The unfortunate reality of Title IX in this day and age is that university’s choose to eliminate m...more

Perspectives in QU/cheerleading
by Title IX Blog
posted June 26, 2010 at 12:23pm

Nothing major to report. I haven't seen any coverage of the closing arguments yet but if something of note occurs, we'll post about it.In reading some of the coverage that stemmed largely from Jeff Webb's testimony Tuesday about the legitimacy of cheerlea...more

Title IX Is good for Stanford
by Title IX Blog
posted June 25, 2010 at 4:21pm

In honor of Title IX's anniversary, here is a great article crediting Title IX for strengthening Stanford University athletics. After the law passed, some in the athletic department were resistant to expanding opportunities for women, but many of them ...more

Title IX Anniversary: STEM Improvements Still Needed
by Womenstake
posted June 24, 2010 at 4:05pm

by Natalie Koski-Karell, Intern,National Women’s Law Center Title IX applies to all types of educational programs and activities and requires all schools that receive federal funding to provide equal opportunities to male and female students, including...more

Mythbusting in honor of Title IX's Anniversary
by Title IX Blog
posted June 24, 2010 at 1:04pm

Sadly, it seems that every year, folks use Title IX's anniversary to trot out tired old arguments that it's time to "get beyond" Title IX. Because these people obviously don't read this blog, or they wouldn't be so misinformed, it seems like an act of fu...more

On its anniversary, a Title IX debate
by They're Playing Basketball
posted June 24, 2010 at 12:50pm

It started this morning when Wendy Parker of Blue Star Basketball stated that we should all be beyond Title IX:But there’s another side to its legacy that threatens to tarnish the positive effects and cloud the challenges facing a more globalized women�...more

Palestinian women take over the raceway
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted June 19, 2010 at 8:58pm

Washington – Female racers are becoming more common on Palestinian race tracks as motorsports grows in popularity, Ma’an News Agency reported Monday. As the Palestine Motorsports Federation and British Consulate General finished two days of trainin...more

"I Represent All Muslim Women": An interview by Charlie Wyett with Aravane Rezai
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted June 18, 2010 at 1:39pm

THE strawberries are being cut, the bottles of Pimms are being unloaded at the All England Club. And some blokes are thinking how hilarious it would be to shout 'C'mon Tim' ahead of a player serving on Centre Court. Yet you really know when Wimbledon is a...more

Soccer: Remembering the women
by After Atalanta
posted June 16, 2010 at 4:25pm

I have not watched one second of the men's World Cup. And yet it seems to be the only thing I can blog about these days. (I do have a post coming about working out in skirts--so stay tuned for something non-soccer. Not that there's anything wrong with soc...more

Women and the World Cup
by One Sport Voice
posted June 16, 2010 at 4:15pm

The 2010 World Cup in upon us and with it a host of things to keep a critical eye upon. I’ve written before that women are rarely perceived to sports fans or knowledgeable about “real” (i.e., men’s professional) sports, even though both are true...more

What do USA Swimming and the Catholic Church have In common?
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted June 16, 2010 at 4:14pm

Answer: A big disgusting sex scandal, that’s what.For several months USA Swimming has been embroiled in lawsuits and accusations related to their lax oversight of and response to numerous instances of male coach sexual misconduct with young female swimm...more

Women’s sports: Visibility matters
by Byline to Finish Line
posted June 11, 2010 at 11:09am

This winter, the worst thing about Canada defeating the U.S. in the women’s Olympic hockey final was that Angela Ruggiero did not win the gold. Ruggiero is an amazing athlete and has always struck me as genuine, authentic and outspoken. She’s the ty...more

The Chicago Tribune, sexist sporting imagery and the case for increased gender diversity in sports newsrooms
by Sports, Media & Society
posted June 10, 2010 at 1:55pm

The old “you play like a girl” insult made a comeback today, courtesy of the Chicago Tribune. As part of its regular poster series, the newspaper depicted the Chicago Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup Finals opponent Chris Pronger as wearing a figure skating ...more

Chicago Tribune goes blatantly sexist in prep for tonight's Stanley Cup Game 6
by Women Undefined
posted June 9, 2010 at 8:46pm

I am having trouble stringing together a good reaction to this (I'm a little out of it right now, just had a good work out) . The Chicago Tribune is a major American newspaper, the type of journalistic institution that is supposedly eons above blogs and o...more

Another example of sexism in sport
by One Sport Voice
posted June 9, 2010 at 5:07pm

This will simply be a repost from Christine Brennan’s blog about the sexist ad the Chicago Tribune ran featuring NHL Flyers player Chris “Chrissy” Pronger. It always amazes me that feminizing male professional athletes is seen as humorous, an appro...more

Research on homophobia & heterosexism featured
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted June 8, 2010 at 4:45pm

Research Assistant Austin Stair Calhoun and Director Mary Jo Kane discuss cutting-edge research on gender, digital media, and homophobia and heterosexism in collegiate athletics being conducted at The Tucker Center, as part of the University of Minnesota ...more

Ain’t I a woman?
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted June 7, 2010 at 4:06pm

This is the title of a speech given by African-American abolitionist and former slave, Sojourner Truth, in 1851 at a Women’s Rights Conference in Ohio. Her speech was in reaction to the privileges that white women had and the comparative silence about t...more

Study on television coverage reveals that very little is revealed
by After Atalanta
posted June 7, 2010 at 3:50pm

This is old news (well a week; so ancient in blogosphere terms). But last week the Center for Feminist Research at University of Southern California released a report written by USC professor Dr. Michael Messner (Messner blogged about the study at the Huf...more

The perspective of Arabic Muslim women toward sport participation
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted June 5, 2010 at 4:01pm

Maesam-T-AbdulRazak, Universiti Putra MalaysiaMohd Sofian, Omar-Fauzee, Universiti Putra MalaysiaRozita Abd-Latif, Universiti Teknologi MARAAbstract: The purpose of this study is to examine perspective of Arabic Muslim women toward the involvement in spor...more

Fault Lines: Shaking Up Change
by One Sport Voice
posted May 29, 2010 at 1:59pm

Currently I’m staying with a friend/colleague and her family in Palmerston North, New Zealand. I’ve been learning about the history of NZ, the local culture, the indigenous Maori people, trying local NZ fruit and wine, and seeing a bit of the countr...more

Fashion, softball and big sighs
by Byline to Finish Line
posted May 26, 2010 at 1:28pm

From what I can gather in perusing the headlines, the big news on the women’s side of the French Open this year is the tennis outfit donned by Venus Williams. While fashion and the French seem to go together and the outfit has created some attention fo...more

UN special advisor: Access to sports is a human right (and, BTW, key leadership training)
by Fair Game News
posted May 25, 2010 at 8:28pm

FGN bloggers interview Rachel Mayanja of the U.N. By Lindsay Rico and Sarah Odell It may seem perfectly ordinary — routine, even — to spot girls or women playing soccer, basketball, baseball, softball — or any number of sports. Four women in t...more

Softball should be an Olympic sport
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 25, 2010 at 5:05pm

I didn't use to have a horse in this race, indeed I even played devil's advocate on the issue, but now the world is being deprived of seeing Jen Yee play more softball and it's just wrong. More on this soon. ...more

“Not Everything is Found on the Y-Chromosome”
by One Sport Voice
posted May 24, 2010 at 9:59pm

The 5th IWG World Conference on Women in Sport in Sydney has now drawn to a close. The 6th world Conference will be held in Helsinki, Finland in 2014. It was edifying and energizing to meet so many great women, and men, who care deeply about girls and wom...more

Moroccan female soccer players fight uphill battle for resources
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted May 24, 2010 at 6:33pm

In Moroccan society today female players who fought and won the right to play soccer have a new battle on their hands. They have a professional league, but they still lag far behindMorocco’s male players when it comes to the basics of the game- time,...more

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