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Title Girls and sports / Laura K. Egendorf, book editor.

Publication Info. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (116 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Series Issues that concern you
Gale virtual reference library
Issues that concern you.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Drawing up a game plan for life -- Injuries are a serious problem for girls in sports -- Girls benefit from a wider exposure to sports -- Coaching girls is not the same as coaching boys -- Title IX has changed girls' lives -- Title IX discriminates against male athletes -- Title IX is poorly understood and inadequately enforced -- Cheerleading is an athletic activity -- Cheerleading is not a sport -- Competitive cheerleading is a sport -- Drawing a line isn't as simple as it appears -- Girls should be allowed to play on boys' teams -- Sex segregation in sports can hurt girls and boys -- The media's portrayal of female athletes as sex objects undermines their accomplishments.
Summary Explores the issues surrounding girls and sports. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance.
Note Description based on print version record.
GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Sports for girls.
Sports -- Social aspects.
Added Author Egendorf, Laura K., 1973- editor.
Gale Group.
Other Form: Print version: Girls and sports. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2012 9780737756937 (DLC) 2011042698
ISBN 9780737765724 (electronic book)
9780737756937 (hardback)
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