sex discrimination in sports

Cynthia Pemberton chronicles her struggle to obtain equality for women in sports at Linfield College after she was hired as the as assistant athletic director for women's sports in 1989.

Traces the effects Title IX of the Education Amendments, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in American schools and sports, has had on college and high school sports throughout the country.

New student Dashiell Brody wants to play baseball with the boys, which leads to problems with her family and her school.

Profiles the first United States Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team, focusing on the players, their training, and their gold medal win in the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Ex-division I college football kicker Katie Hnida shares her memories about playing for her high school team, the University of Colorado, and the University of New Mexico, detailing the hardships she had to endure to be a part of a male-dominated sport.

Discusses how participation in sports can have a positive affect on a girl's spirit as well as her body.

Discusses how sex-segregated sports policies which keep women from competing in sports with men reinforces the view that women are inferior, even though women have physiological advantages in some sports, and also illustrates how policies construct sex-group differences instead of reflect them.

Analyzes how girls and women reconcile social expectations and sports demands and discusses the costs and benefits of equal opportunities for men and women in sports.

Provides an analysis of Title IX, enacted in 1972 to prohibit sex discrimination in education, assessing its successes in challenging gender norms and increasing opportunities for women athletes, and taking a critical look at places where it has fallen short.