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June 2009
Print ISBN: 9780889614765
Overview
Since the 1970s North American women and girls have engaged in every sport that interests them and have become champions in their fields. One of the consequences of this success is ongoing criticism, not of how they perform, but of how they look.
In Polygendered and Ponytailed, Dayna Daniels argues that the femininity-masculinity divide prevents women athletes from being taken seriously in their sports. As long as sports remains a male domain, girls and women who participate will be viewed as either masculine to begin with or masculine through their involvement. By embracing a polygendered way of being, which emphasizes the similarities between women and men, female athletes will be given the chance to achieve their full sporting potential and be judged for their performance, rather than their appearance.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Blind to the Obvious by Dayna B. Daniels
Preface
Chapter 1: Gender: Nature or Nurture/Fact or Fiction
Chapter 2: Knock Knock ... Who's There? The Science Behind the Myth of Gender
Chapter 3: The Sexing of Femininity
Chapter 4: The Embodiment of Femininity
Chapter 5: The Shape of Her Skin
Chapter 6: You Throw Like a Girl: Gestures, Movements, and Postures
Chapter 7: Putting on Your Game Face: The Body as an Ornamental Surface
Chapter 8: The End Game: A New Polygendered Beginning
Notes
References
Index
