Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Open Play: The Case for Feminist Sport

Open Play: The Case for Feminist Sport

Bekker, Sheree
Mumford, Stephen

Hardcover

FictionWomen's Studies

Publisher Price: $22.50

ISBN10: 183639053X
ISBN13: 9781836390534
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: Mar 12 2025
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.74
Height: 1.02 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.58
Language: English
This courageous book should spark a revolution in sport.--Caster Semenya - An articulate and convincing case that the segregation of women's sports functions less as a benefit to women than a means of propping up patriarchal systems. It's a trenchant, provocative take on a hot-button issue.--Publishers Weekly

A thought-provoking manifesto arguing for the end of gender segregation in athletics.

Sheree Bekker and Stephen Mumford argue that the category of women's sports is not the feminist win some would have you believe. Instead, the segregation of women in sports is just one of the many ways in which women are told to expect less from society. Women had to fight to be included in sports in the first place, and are now only included under far less favorable terms than those enjoyed by men. There are better ways to ensure safety and fairness, the authors make clear, than segregation by gender. And this matters deeply: ending gender segregation would encourage a more equitable distribution of resources, increase women's participation in sports, and challenge outdated, sexist myths about women and their bodies.

Also from

Bekker, Sheree

View All

Also in

Fiction

View All