SEP 271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Gender Inequality, Martina Navratilova, Sexual Orientation
26 Mar 2017
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In the mid-1970s, women"s college sports were administrated by women. Merging men"s and women"s athletic programs decreased female involvement in administration. Recently, signs of some improvement in intercollegiate sports. Women not found in leadership positions in professional team sports. Nba and wnba most responsive to advancing gender diversity. Men coach all of men"s canadian and us olympic teams and many women"s teams. Olympic committee positions in united states and canada are predominantly held by men. The persistence of men in coaching and administrating women"s. Greater access to positions through hiring systems old boys network. Women have more opportunities to be successful elsewhere with less resistance. General lack of success for professional women"s team sports. Gender inequality has prevailed since modern games began in 1896. Gender is linked to self-identity on roles and stereotypes about what is acceptable or normal. Direction of one"s sexual interest toward members of the same, the opposite, or both sexes.
