| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) |
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1 A Very Short History of Moments that Changed Women's Sport -- 2 Equal Opportunity -- 'I didn't think it was a boys' sport. I just played footy': Emily Robinson -- 'As a female athlete, your prime years are your most fertile years': Gretel Bueta -- 3 Equal Participation -- 4 Equal Representation -- 5 Equal Respect -- Masculinity and misogyny: A deep dive with Dr Zac Seidler -- 6 Bodies and Uniforms -- 7 A Chorus of Voices -- 'If you don't know, ask': Kirby Bentley |
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'I've had able-bodied kids tell me they want to be Paralympians when they grow up': Ellie Cole -- 'I can remember very distinctly thinking about how much easier my life would be if I was born in the right body': Ellia Green -- 'I remember feeling loved by the people but not the game': Darcy Vescio -- 'Rugby is a game for people of all shapes and sizes, but we need it to be for all sexualities and genders too': Sharni Williams -- 8 The Future of Women's Sport |
| Summary |
"When Chloe Dalton was eight years old, she would kick a rugby ball around the field during the half-time break of her brothers' games. People noticed she was a handy kick, but when they told her she should join a team, she replied matter-of-factly, 'Girls don't play rugby.' Sixteen years later, Chloe Dalton won Olympic gold playing rugby 7s for Australia and she is now a fixture in the AFLW. In 2020, she started her own news platform, The Female Athlete Project, to correct the lack of media coverage of women's sport. She was surrounded by women achieving incredible things, so why weren't people hearing about them? The answer, it turned out, was complicated. Chloe was constantly fed the false narrative that women don't get paid much because female sport isn't as good as the men's equivalent, so nobody wants to watch it, therefore advertisers won't invest in it. This book shines a light on the interwoven quagmires of respect, opportunity, representation and pay that continue to stall the progress of women's teams around the world. Girls Don't Play Sport is a fierce manifesto for supporting female athletes at all levels, exploring how we got to this point and where we need to go next to embrace the untapped potential of women's sport." -- Publisher |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Women athletes.
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Women athletes -- Social aspects
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Sports for women.
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Sports -- Social aspects
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Sex discrimination in sports.
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Sex discrimination in sports
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Sports for women
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Sports -- Social aspects
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Women athletes
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| Genre/Form |
Sports & Recreations
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Nonfiction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1761187171 |
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9781761187179 |
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