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In case you missed it...
by After Atalanta
posted August 31, 2009 at 11:59am
Just doing some post-weekend catching up on stories.Dr. Alice Dreger wrote a very good piece in the NYT about the biology of sex--inspired, of course, by the story of Caster Semenya.A 74-year old woman received a gold medal in judo--50 years after winning...more
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Katie Reyes: Breaking down barriers one game at a time
by Womenstake
posted August 27, 2009 at 8:59pm
by Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center
Yesterday, a quiet thirteen-year-old girl made history just doing something she loves – playing baseball. Katie Reyes may or may not have known that her actions made history, although s...more
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Right On, Dave Zirin
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 27, 2009 at 1:26pm
Despite sharing political views, Zirin and I rarely see eye-to-eye on
sports issues. This piece, in which he compares reactions to the
Semenya outrage in the U.S. and South Africa, where a leading sports
minister actually resigned in protest of her gend...more
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Women Ski Jumpers: Perhaps the last ditch appeal
by After Atalanta
posted August 26, 2009 at 12:53pm
The group of female ski jumpers that sued the VANOC earlier this year because women are not allowed to participate in the sport at the Olympic level have filed an appeal of the decision that did not go their way. Despite acknowleding that the omission of ...more
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Caster Semenya returns home
by Athletic Women Blog
posted August 26, 2009 at 12:52pm
It's amazing when you think about it. In less than 20 years South Africa has gone from racist regime to one of our planet's most enlightened countries. It's questionable how many other countries would have embraced and defended Caster Semenya the way the ...more
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Former Hawaii AD sues
by Title IX Blog
posted August 26, 2009 at 10:41am
University of Hawaii-Hilo administrators have been named in a recent lawsuit filed by former athletic director Kathleen McNally who is alleging both racial and gender discrimination. We have not seen an intersectional complaint in a while, though how much...more
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Professor settles discrimination case against Penn State
by Title IX Blog
posted August 25, 2009 at 1:10pm
Penn State and a former assistant professor have reached a settlement to terminate the professor's lawsuit alleging that she was not promoted due to discrimination on the basis of her sexual orientation. The plaintiff, Constance Matthews, had applied for...more
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Solheim Cup: Why I rooted against the Americans
by After Atalanta
posted August 25, 2009 at 12:23pm
I actually don't have strong American leanings when it comes to international sport (or anything else actually) so rooting for the Europeans last weekend in the Solheim Cup is not necessarily shocking for anyone who knows me.But frankly I was ticked off a...more
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The father discourse
by After Atalanta
posted August 24, 2009 at 1:12pm
Some of us who study gender and sport get a serious case of the sighs when we read about athletes who are mothers or expectant mothers. There are a myriad of problems with the discourse including (but not limited to): how it plays on/reifies a female apol...more
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A Self-Identified Woman Is A Woman. Period.
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 21, 2009 at 5:15pm
Is anyone really stupid enough to think that a cis-gendered male is going to brave the unbelievable amount of social stigma still attached to womankind just to win an athletic event? Apparently so. News flash: intersex and trans women are women, acc...more
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New angle in Title IX bullying case
by Title IX Blog
posted August 20, 2009 at 6:45pm
In Pittsburgh, PA a mother is suing the school district and school officials for failing to take action when her daughter was being bullied about her weight. Despite complaints to officials and attempted interventions by other students, the bullying of th...more
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More on Semenya
by After Atalanta
posted August 20, 2009 at 3:33pm
It appears that some are being somewhat sensitive to the investigation of South African Caster Semenya's gender. No one is accusing her of cheating or that she has knowledge of her condition. Note however that one, there is still an investigation and two,...more
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Too good to be a girl
by After Atalanta
posted August 20, 2009 at 12:34pm
So if a young athlete pops onto the track and field scene with personal best times that are considerably better than her previous times you should test her to make sure that:A) she is not taking performance-enhancing drugs.B) she is not a cyborg.C) she is...more
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Female Ski Jumpers: Nice try, but...
by After Atalanta
posted August 19, 2009 at 2:43pm
In what appears to be a last-ditch effort to get their sport into the Vancouver games, a group of female ski jumpers has written a letter to IOC president Jacques Rogge asking him to let them compete this coming winter. Since it appears that no one has ju...more
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Dillard adding sports
by Title IX Blog
posted August 18, 2009 at 2:25pm
Part of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, Dillard University in Louisiana is adding three sports in the coming academic year. No word on why, but the athletic director announced earlier this month that softball and men's and women's track and field and ...more
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What counts as compliance
by After Atalanta
posted August 17, 2009 at 12:14pm
Last month Florida Gulf Coast University released the findings from its external investigation of its athletic department. The short version of the FGCU saga is this: The very few female coaches in the department got together and complained about the stat...more
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Golf: Different pay scales
by After Atalanta
posted August 9, 2009 at 9:24pm
I missed, in its entirety, the women's British Open last weekend. Which was too bad because a Scot actually won it. Catriona Matthew won the major--and just 11 weeks after giving birth to her second child. A fact every article I have seen points out. (We'...more
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The IOC and (the Lack Of) Gender Equity
by One Sport Voice
posted August 8, 2009 at 1:27pm
I read two well written and illuminating pieces yesterday that outlined the many ways in which the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appears not to support female athletes and gender equity. I thought I would share them here in case you didn’t see...more
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