Women's Studies 1020E Study Guide - Final Guide: Second-Wave Feminism, Lgbt Social Movements, Stonewall Riots

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 1020E
• Professor: Jen Chisholm

Document Summary

Jan 6: gender and sports: history of gender and sports: Women"s participation in sports has been a long and unacknowledged history ex. prior to colonization, aboriginal women played a sport called shinny but colonization brought gender and class divisions in sports where women were rarely allowed to participate. Women"s exclusion was justi ed in the fact that it would detrimental to their health and reproductive capabilities, also un-lady like activity. In the 1800s, women"s participation in physical activity became more accepted due to the rise in popularity of the bicycle and certain women"s sports like pedestrianism (walking), and women"s athletic clubs started forming across canada. Private schools and colleges led the way for competitive women"s sports teams. Increasing recognition for women"s participation in sports globally led to broader acceptance. Participation in women"s sports has been the result of may social, cultural, and legal changes: title ix (1972): bans sex discrimination at any educational institution that receives federal funding.