reduction and vaginoplasty were purely cosmetic surgeries. Some sport-governing bodies enact policies that narrowly define categories of real versus other female athletes, which privilege some bodies and regard others as needing to be fixed—in other words, sport policy has created contested bodies in female
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Female Testosterone: Contested Terrain
Vikki Krane, Emma Calow, and Brandy Panunti
Preparing Future Change Agents: A Commitment to Social Justice
Shawn Ladda
. Social justice refers to the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within society. To realize this, we would have a fair and equal society in which everyone’s human rights are recognized, respected, and protected. Thus, as a female athlete, I would have been included, not excluded. The
Sport and Exercise Psychology and Women’s Sport/Physical Activity Across Generations: Perspectives From Pre-Title IX Boomer Through Millennial to Post-Title IX Gen Z
Kira Borum, Erin J. Reifsteck, and Diane L. Gill
, our outstanding alumni include Barbara Drinkwater, the first woman president of the American College of Sports Medicine, whose groundbreaking research on the female athlete triad is still cited today. Other outstanding alums and scholars from those earlier (WC) years include Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, M
Addressing Social Justice and Equity Imperatives: Exemplars of Inclusive Excellence
Jared A. Russell and Timothy A. Brusseau
AKA Undergraduate Education Network session’s keynote address. The article, “Preparing Future Change Agents: A Commitment to Social Justice,” draws from the author’s experiences as a marginalized female athlete. The talk explored how pivotal experiences, including supportive parents, diverse living
Reflections on a Scholarly Career in Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Influence of Significant Others on the Psychosocial Well-Being of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
Thelma S. Horn
specific interest in comparing female athletes and nonathletes from single-sex and coeducational high schools on their self-perceptions, body image, and gender role attitudes. In this thesis work ( Evers, 2006 ), Julianne administered self-report questionnaires to a sample of female high school seniors who
Adapted Physical Activity Scholarship: Evolving From Corrective to Inclusion and Anti-Ableist
Karen P. DePauw
the “ways in which the movement culture may reinforce the perception of inadequacy and inferiority of the disabled body, therefore strengthening and perpetuating ableism” ( Silva & Howe, 2022 , p. 182). Research involving female athletes with disabilities revealed that they have experienced “double
Global Engagement in the Kinesiology Classroom Through Virtual Exchange
Pamela Beach, Melanie Perreault, and Leapetswe Malete
both classes work together on the same project. For example, a COIL project may require students in both classes to collaborate on learning about cultural differences in female athlete media representation, but the classes may have separate final products. Another key element of planning the COIL
Cheering for the Children: My Life’s Work in Youth Development Through Sport
Maureen R. Weiss
athletic director addressing our basketball team, trying to make the case that Title IX was unfair to male athletes rather than enabling long-overdue opportunities for female athletes. It was the 1970s, and the Women’s Movement was in full swing advocating for equal rights. My teammates and I did not stand
The Distinctiveness of Sport Management Theory and Research
George B. Cunningham, Janet S. Fink, and James J. Zhang
other considerations . Sport Management Review, 16 ( 1 ), 17 – 21 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2011.12.005 . 10.1016/j.smr.2011.12.005 Fink , J.S. ( 2015 ). Female athletes, women’s sport, and the sport media commercial complex: Have we really “come a long way, baby”? Sport Management
Effect of Core Muscle Training on Balance and Agility in Athletes: A Systematic Review
Saidan Shetty, Y.V. Raghava Neelapala, and Prateek Srivastava
). Neuromuscular training improves performance on the star excursion balance test in young female athletes . Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 40 ( 9 ), 551 – 558 . https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2010.3325 Hibbs , A.E. , Thompson , K.G. , French , D. , Wrigley , A. , & Spears , I
