Description
An inside look at how women athletes are leading the fight for equalityon and off the field
Womens sports receive a fraction of the airtime allotted for mens sports, as well as a fraction of the marketing dollars, media coverage, and training resources. For every dollar that the NBAs highest-paid player brings home, the WNBAs highest-paid player earns just half a cent. But while misogyny in sports is particularly visible, its not unique. Women athletes face the same sexist barriers found in all career fields: the motherhood penalty, transphobia and misogynoir, underpromotion, and more.
But women in sports are fighting back, debunking myths that women arent as skilled, competitive, or capable of generating revenue as men. Drawing on exclusive interviews with prominent athletesincluding Allyson Felix, Megan Rapinoe, and Billie Jean Kingjournalist Macaela Mackenzie shows how women are using sports as a platform for change. As women athletes push for the same things all women want in their careersmoney, power, and respecttheir wins are showing the rest of us whats possible in the fight for equality.
Author: Macaela MacKenzie
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Seal Press (CA)
Published: 06/27/2023
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.2lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781541600898
Language: English
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