Retired female athletes struggle with body image. Some miss their athletic figure, others want a more feminine ideal, while others walk a tightrope between the two.
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Many elite female athletes show signs of eating disorders. Does Norway hold the solution to this problem?
On the front lines were female tennis players who refused to adhere to the club dress codes that banned them.
Gap’s recent back-to-school ad campaign was praised for its portrayal of the diversity of children. One of the girls in the ads was wearing a hijab: this raised a huge debate on social media.
Like the WNBA, the NBA went through fits and starts in its early years. Yet despite drawing similar crowds in the 1960s, NBA players earned far bigger paychecks than today’s WNBA stars receive.
Fitness apps which allow millions of users to virtually compete with each other can provide inspiration however, they may also be putting users in danger.
Women endurance runners are being celebrated in the advertising world yet the ads also create negative sentiments by focusing on ‘ideal’ running bodies - long, lean and masculine.
Failure is something all athletes need to deal with, especially when competing on the world stage that is the Olympics. Learning self-compassion can help athletes rebound from setbacks.
Sexual abuse is a chronic condition that afflicts many other sports besides gymnastics.
One way to get beyond gender barriers in sport would be to scrap sex segregation and replace it with a system similar to that of Paralympic disciplines.
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
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Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato
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Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Associate Professor, Cardiorespiratory Exercise Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Law, University of Utah
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UAA Endowed Professor of Sport Management, University of Florida
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Assistant Professor, Educational Technology, Chair in Educational Leadership in the Innovative Pedagogical Practices in Digital Contexts - National Bank, Université Laval
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Lecturer in Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor in Human Kinetics, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Assistant Professor in Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan
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Lecturer in Education, University of Texas at Dallas
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Senior Clinical Psychologist, The Cairnmillar Institute
