Category Archives: Feminism and Sports

Buzuvis on “Transgender Student-Athletes and Sex-Segregated Sport: Developing Policies of Inclusion for Intercollegiate and Interscholastic Athletics”

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

Erin Buzuvis (Western New England) has posted to SSRN her working paper, “Transgender Student-Athletes and Sex-Segregated Sport: Developing Policies of Inclusion for Intercollegiate and Interscholastic Athletics.”  Here is the abstract: Educators have long recognized the physical, psychological, social, and educational … Continue reading →

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Golf and Fatherhood Conflict in the PGA

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

Would the New York Times ever run the headline, "Golf and Fatherhood Conflict in the PGA"?  I doubt it.  But "Golf and Motherhood Conflict in the LPGA"?  That merited a squib on the front page of the "B" section in … Continue reading →

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Soccer Educational Outreach Program to Stop Domestic Violence

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

I’ve watched more ESPN in the last week than I have in the last year.  I’ve caught FIFA World Cup fever, along with millions of other sports fans around the world. I was interested to learn that there is a … Continue reading →

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Title IX: Back from Outer Space

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

Vice-President Biden announced yesterday that the Obama administration had withdrawn the Bush administration’s approach to Title IX.  The White House website describes the action as follows: Today, Vice President Biden announced that the Administration has issued a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter … Continue reading →

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The (White) Female Scholar-Athlete

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports (here) on a study by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida’s College of Business Administration.  The UCF press report (here) summarizes the findings of: 97 percent (58 schools) … Continue reading →

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Ceci n’est pas un cheval

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

Photo by David J. Phillip/AP Women’s figure skating gold medalist Kim Yu-na outscored her competitors by a wide margin.  As reported by the LA Times (here) and other news outlets, here’s how 1984 men’s figure skating champion and sports announcer … Continue reading →

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Moneyball Comes to Women’s Collegiate Sports

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

The Penn State women’s volleyball team has a 98-game winning streak.  The only longer winning streak in NCAA Division I history is the Miami (Florida) men’s tennis tam that won 137 consequtive matches from 1957 to 1964. Coach Russ Rose’s … Continue reading →

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Yes the violence used by this soccer player is chilling, but her gender is what some find the most shocking.

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

YouTube commenters are writing things like “I WOULD FUCK HER UP!!!!!…what a bitch!” and “Bitch. Kill her!” apparently without irony. A number of copies of this or related video clips are titled with references to “cat fights.” This NYT article … Continue reading →

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The Pornification of a High School Sports Rivalry

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Actual “show your school spirit” shirt sold by students to “support team.” Via an anonymous and concerned parent. ETA: To be clear, the parent is not anonymous to me, s/he simply prefers not to be named. Another artifact from the … Continue reading →

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Bummin’ Brooklyn Style (or Why Minor League Baseball Doesn’t Need Cheerleaders)

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Baseball has been back in Brooklyn since 2001 when the Brooklyn Cyclones landed in Coney Island.  The team is popular; the stadium is human-scale; the players are friendly to the many kids in attendance.  I enjoyed tonight’s game, but I … Continue reading →

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Masculine, Feminine, or Human? (or Private Parts)

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

In a previous blog I wrote about horsey feminism and concern with a female horse winning a major horse race. (see Bully for You, Filly For Me). In that entry I discussed the disquieting effect of anthropomorphism that brings biology-as-social-destiny … Continue reading →

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Test Everybody or Test Nobody

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Athletics is one area where legally enforced gender binaries *may* be a necessary evil, if women’s athletics is to survive. But even if this is true, the evil needs to be minimized as much as possible. Requiring people to submit … Continue reading →

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Buzuvis on “Title IX Retaliation Cases and Women’s Leadership in College Sport”

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Feminist Law Prof Erin Buzuvis (Western New England) and Title IX blogger has posted to SSRN her working paper, “Sidelined: Title IX Retaliation Cases and Women’s Leadership in College Sport.”  Here is the abstract: This Article examines the retaliation cases … Continue reading →

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15 plaintiffs lost their lawsuit against the Vancouver Olympic Games Organizing Committee when the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled that the decision to exclude their sport is out of the organizing committee’s control.

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From the Salt Lake City Tribune: … “No one wanted to go to court over this, but we had no choice,” Deedee Corradini, president of Women’s Ski Jumping-USA, said in a statement. “It’s terribly disappointing, but the experience and effort … Continue reading →

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Note to Jelena Jankovic: A Period is a Punctuation Mark, Not an Excuse for Bad Tennis

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Former No. 1 women’s tennis player Jelena Jankovic lost at Wimbeldon earlier this week to Melanie Oudin, a relatively unknown 17-year old American from Atlanta, Georgia.  Jankovic she did not lose gracefully or have any words of congratulations for her opponent. … Continue reading →

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When We Grow Old, Let Us Bowl You and Me

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

This story from Grand Rapids, Michigan made me smile: Two great-grandmothers from Grand Rapids have become state bowling champions. The women are 86-year-old Emma Dausman and 69-year-old Judy Conner. They won a Division 2 doubles title at the U.S. Bowling … Continue reading →

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Don’t Sit Back and Wait for the Human Trafficking Disaster at the World Cup

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

South Africa will host the World Cup in 2010.  The Zimbabwe-based Women and Law in Southern Africa Research and Educational Trust isn’t rejoicing. [T]here are fears that the world’s most prestigious football event will negatively impact women and girls of … Continue reading →

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Today’s post-feminist moment: “Fox Sports Article On Top Women Athletes Includes A Horse”

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From After Ellen, Via Crooks & Liars: Fox Sports has compiled a list of women that can hold their own against men in the sports world — because everyone knows the real measure of a female athlete is how she … Continue reading →

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Just Because You’re a Girl Doesn’t Mean You Have to Play Softball

Posted on May 25, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

  For all the great girls and women out there who love to play baseball, don’t give it up. You don’t have to play softball if you prefer baseball.   Did you know that the International Baseball Federation has announced … Continue reading →

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Women Can Outperform Men In Ski Jumping – Is That Why Women’s Ski Jumping is Being Kept Out of the Vancouver Olympics?

Posted on May 2, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Glenn “Instapundit” Reynolds investigated this issue here, noting in an e-mail: “I stand up for gender equality in sport, and ask a world-champion athlete, “So how is your uterus doing?” It was relevant!” –Ann Bartow

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Did you know there was an all-female football league in which players wear lingerie instead of pads?

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Somehow up until now I was unaware of the Lingerie Football League. How long until universities decides to field same? The NCAA has already approved “sand volleyball” as an emerging sport, and women players are required to wear bikinis, unlike … Continue reading →

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CFP: Gender, Sport, and the Olympics (deadline: May 15, 2009)

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

From the Feminist Law Profs mailbox, this call for papers: The editors of  thirdspace: a journal of feminist theory and culture (a Canada-based, peer-reviewed journal) invite submissions for our forthcoming issue on gender, sport, and theOlympics. Prompted by the upcoming … Continue reading →

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