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Sport as a Gendered Institution: Discussing Sport, Media Imagery and the Marginalization of Female Athletes in a Sociology of Gender Course
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Latshaw, Beth. 2010. “Sport As a Gendered Institution: Discussing Sport, Media Imagery and the Marginalization of Female Athletes in a Sociology of Gender Course”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/sport-as-a-gendered-institution-discussing-sport.

Abstract

Lesson Objectives

• To understand why sports is a "gendered institution" and document what characteristics make this institution a site of gender inequality.
• To describe the positive effects the passage Title IX had on women’s sports while also noting areas where inequality prevails and progress is needed.
• To discuss major empirical...

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Subject Area(s):
Socialization
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300

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