Sexism in Sport A Concern for AdministratorsEric D. Schneider
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Dictionary Thesaurus Legal Encyclopedia Wikipedia The belief or attitude that one sex is inferior, less competent, or valuable than the other Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved...
For the longest time, women's and men's sporting abilities have been compared against one another, whether it be through thinking men are stronger and their bodies are built and made for the said sport, or that women are much more capable of competing in expressive sports to a high ...
Williams abused her racket, but Ramos did something far uglier: He abused his authority. Champions get heated — it’s their nature to burn. All good umpires in every sport understand that the heart of their job is to help temper the moment, to turn the dial down, not up, and to b...
[W]hen the biggest name in the sport’s history is giddily spreading misogyny down the fairway, it might just confirm a woman’s suspicions about golf and send her to any one of the scores of other sports she can play for the rest of her life without running into a dude playing a ju...
‘I’m sure Jessica Ennis and all those other female Olympians would be outraged by such views. To imply that female primary school teachers don’t have as much ability as men to teach sport isn’t right.’ But Lord Coe, the Government’s Olympic legacy ambassador, insisted it was not ...
"Any athlete that has an injury, no matter what sport they're in, normally just wants to know when they can get back to doing their sport," she says. She rode in the Derby two years ago and finished ninth, "It was just like the biggest thing that I've experienced," she tells Sim...
In a male-dominated sport, Breidinger’s focus on her goal has allowed her to not get swallowed up by all that comes with her groundbreaking performances. “There’s never been a time where I’m in the garage or in the pit, and I thought about being the only girl there,” said Bre...
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The 23-time Grand Slam championhas faced racist attacks for most of her career,and after the match Saturday, she said she believes sexism is rampant in the sport. Here’s a look back at some recent times sexism has been called out on the tennis court: ...