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Saudi women walk very different paths to become Muslim country's 1st female Olympians
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 27, 2012 at 5:24pm

By Barbara SURKLONDON - The two women who will become the first female athletes to compete for Saudi Arabia at the Olympics have walked very different paths that will meet at the London Games.One is a distance runner raised in California who has spent lit...more

Female Olympians still sit at the back of the (Air)bus
by Off The Court
posted July 24, 2012 at 5:47pm

The 2012 London Olympics will be the first time in history that women have been allowed to compete in every sport at the Games. Despite this milestone, all is not equal on a modern female Olympian’s trip to London.If a female athlete overcomes all t...more

Sports under the veil
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 23, 2012 at 7:39am

Alvina Ledru (Originally published in French, automatically translated as below by google) Officially announced at a press conference organized by FIFA Thursday, July 5, the re-raise controversy. Is it necessary or not to allow headscarves in offici...more

London's High Court permits Female Canoeist's lawsuit to proceed
by WomenCANIntl
posted July 21, 2012 at 10:27pm

On Thursday, London's High Court granted permission for British National Sprint Canoe Champion Sam Rippington's lawsuit to proceed.  In addition, "The IOC and the Olympic Delivery Authority have been ordered to be joined as interested parties. The ca...more

LOCOG Deflects Equality Responsibilities
by WomenCANIntl
posted July 20, 2012 at 2:12pm

LOCOG continues to deflect equality responsibilities. See article in"The Guardian."  http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/19/london-2012-japan-australia-sexism.  British National Champion Canoeist Samantha Rippington is not asking for...more

Olympic Numbers #London2012
by One Sport Voice
posted July 20, 2012 at 8:01am

A great deal of discussion exists about the historic fact that Team USA female athletes outnumber their male counterparts in the 2012 London Summer Olympics …269 women and 261 men to be exact. Given 2012 marks the 40th Anniversary of Title IX, thi...more

Female Athletes Don’t Deserve Second-Class Treatment
by Pretty Tough
posted July 20, 2012 at 7:54am

A year ago the Japanese women’s soccer team won the World Cup, beating the United States in the final and giving a boost to the spirits of a nation that had been battered by an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear disaster. They became internationa...more

STEM and stigma
by Title IX Blog
posted July 19, 2012 at 6:35pm

Around the 40th anniversary, the White House announced a commitment to increasing the presence of women in STEM fields. This, of course, drew criticism (because the number of women receiving degrees is--overall--higher than men) and fear that the White H...more

Ways of Seeing Women’s Athletic Bodies..con’t
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted July 19, 2012 at 3:02pm

  My post yesterday about female athletes and posing nude for magazines prompted Laura Taylor, one of my Twitter followers, to dust off a 12-year-old open letter she sent to USA Today columnist Christine Brennan, the now-defunct SI for Women magazin...more

FEMALE CANOEIST TAKES OLYMPIC INEQUALITY TO COURT
by WomenCANIntl
posted July 19, 2012 at 1:00am

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***   FEMALE CANOEIST TAKE OLYMPIC INEQUALITY TO COURT CLAIMS LOCOG IS IN BREACH OF EQUALITY ACT 2010 Samantha Rippington (Left in photo), an elite female canoeist from Reading, will today launch a High Court challenge to th...more

Why aren't more women watching women's sports?
by Sports, Media & Society
posted July 15, 2012 at 9:14pm

Research from the Curley Center for Sports Journalism has recently generated international coverage, giving legs to a study that first appeared in the academic journal Communication, Culture and Critique.   The study began with a simple question: Wh...more

Equal pay in tennis called into question
by Sports, Media & Society
posted July 8, 2012 at 9:04am

Tennis is one of the (few) sports where the prize money for men and women is equal at major tournaments – as of 2007, even at Wimbledon. Yet, five years later, it is precisely during the grass-court Grand Slam that equal pay comes into question.&nb...;more

Why Isn't Women’s Canoe in the Olympics?
by WomenCANIntl
posted July 6, 2012 at 11:55am

Abby Hoffman, the famous Canadian sports icon wrote the following in the Ottawa Citizen in reference to the  1996 Olympic Games:           “There is no excuse for perpetuating the blatant sexism that persists at...more

Women's tennis and the gender politics of grunting
by Caitlin Constantine
posted July 2, 2012 at 11:43am

I'm not so much interested in whether the move to ban grunting is sexist as much as why so many people find the sounds of female physical exertion so off-putting....more

"Plays like a man" comment receives criticism in the blogosphere
by Sports, Media & Society
posted June 11, 2012 at 7:22pm

Image: AAP Grand Slams tend to give those of us who follow sports media coverage much to think about. This year’s Roland Garros was no exception. After losing in the quarterfinals Dominika Cibulkova said that her opponent, Samantha Stosur, &ldquo...;more

Sam Stosur's "style"
by After Atalanta
posted June 7, 2012 at 8:01pm

Sadly, I just watched Sam Stosur lose in the semifinals of Roland Garros to Sara Errani. Errani played very well and I kind of like her style. I hadn't paid too much attention to her prior to this run at the French. But I liked her glasses and bandana loo...more

"She played like a man" isn't a compliment
by The Rabbit Hole
posted June 6, 2012 at 6:54pm

Sam Stosur. Photo by ME. This is going to be short and sweet because it is not a planned piece of writing. This post is a visceral reaction to Dominika Cibulkova's post-match comment that Samantha Stosur "played like a man" yesterday in their French Open...more

Badmintoners Can Burn the Skirts!
by After Atalanta
posted May 29, 2012 at 3:21pm

No--just kidding. Don't burn anything. Fire is dangerous.But at least female badminton players can ditch their skirts if they would rather play in shorts (or pants I would assume). The Badminton World Federation has nixed its plans to require female athl...more

Breaking News: The IOC adds Women's Canoe to the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games
by WomenCANIntl
posted May 29, 2012 at 12:57am

BREAKING NEWS: IOC accepts the inclusion of women's canoe to the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing China!! The IOC decided to accept six new events to generate team atmosphere, promote gender equality and balance sprint and endurance events. The...more

Wishy, washy IOC ridiculousness
by After Atalanta
posted May 27, 2012 at 2:32am

Has anyone written about the highly problematic tenure of IOC president Jacques Rogge? I want to fast forward to a few decades from now and read about his legacy. I can't imagine it will be favorable. The inspiration for these frustrations? The IOC, as l...more

"While the men watch": ESPN meets "Sex & the City"
by The Rabbit Hole
posted May 25, 2012 at 1:35am

Photo from the Winnipeg Free Press.Cross posted on Hockey in Society.The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company) has come up with a, shall we say, intriguing gimmick for the Stanley Cup finals this year.  It will be introducing While the Men Wa...more

Fight the Spread of Bikini Leagues!
by One Sport Voice
posted May 24, 2012 at 9:25pm

If you are a female fan of sport, a fan of women’s sport, or care that female athletes and women’s sports are portrayed as legitimate and athleticism is the primary focus, I need you to be a Sports Minister! There is a proliferation of &ldquo...;more

ACLU Demands Schools "Teach Kids, Not Stereotypes"
by Title IX Blog
posted May 23, 2012 at 4:22pm

The ACLU has launched a program called "Teach Kids, Not Stereotypes" to end the practice of illegal sex-segregated classes across the country.  As part of this initiative, the ACLU sent "cease and desist" letters to school districts in Maine, West Vi...more

Bikini Hockey League: because the world needs yet another bikini sport
by Caitlin Constantine
posted May 19, 2012 at 5:47pm

Plans are in the works for yet another bikini sports league – this time, a hockey league. Yes, you read that correctly.  A bikini hockey league. Some enterprising man in Oklahoma has decided to launch a bikini hockey league.  In Oklahom...more

Boys Excluded from Field Hockey Teams
by Title IX Blog
posted May 14, 2012 at 3:48pm

Yesterday we posted about a girl playing on a boys team, so today we'll discuss a couple of stories about cross-over participation of the other variety.  Keeling Pilaro was recently excluded from the Southampton (NY) High School girls' field hockey ...more

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