The discrimination and injustices acting upon women's existence in society are manifested and perpetuated in the milieu of sport. (RC)

Women were not considered in preliminary discussions concerning the events, designation of participants, competitive attire, and problems relating to amateurism in the first Olympic games. Golf was the first sport in which women participated in the Olympics, and the first woman to achieve Olympic recognition for the United States did so by winning…

Pursuing excellence in sport discriminates against women. Alongside the primary texts of the glories of excellence runs a subtext of inequality and discrimination. The paper traces the idea of sport as a quest for excellence through various interpretations of the meaning of sport, discussing excellence as a socially constructed concept. (SM)

This text of a panel discussion explodes the myth of female inferiority in professional sports. (JS)

This partially annotated bibliography lists more than 8,600 English language books, periodical articles, reference works, and review essays concerning the status of women. The emphasis is on change, attempted change, and continuing problems confronting women in nearly 100 countries in Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania, Europe, Latin America, the…

A well-rounded program of extramural opportunities for females which provides experience between the intramural model and the existing male intercollegiate models is presently nonexistent. Five possible alternatives to guide the future of athletics are suggested: (a) women could demand access to the existing model of male athletics; (b) women…

In this speech, the assistant executive secretary of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), talks about how female athletes have been discriminated against in the past, and then discusses how athletic directors are seeking to compensate for that now. She mentions statistics of girls' participation in interscholastic sports between 1970 and…

Although sex discrimination has been widespread in many areas of public school education, in no area has it been so blatant as in athletics. Much of the support for the posture that competitive athletics was morally and physically bad for girls came from the physical education profession itself and from the women in the profession. Misconceptions…

This presentation summarizes data available from 1972 through 1985 on employment opportunities for women in sport. Leadership roles addressed are high school coach, high school athletic director, collegiate coach, collegiate athletic director, official, athletic trainer, and sports information director. Although employment opportunities for women…

This report asserts that there are several findings and recommendations which have been included in the Commission on Opportunity in Athletics' report, which made recommendations for substantial changes to current Title IX guidelines and policies. It fundamentally disagrees with the tenor, structure, and significant portions of the content of the…

Do women have the right to have the opportunity to participate on an equal basis as members of male teams? If the answer is "yes," the effects would have far-reaching consequences in professional and amateur athletics, college and university competition, and public high school athletic programs. (Author)

Reports that the coverage of women's sports in "Sports Illustrated" did not increase from 1956 to 1976, although women's active participation in sports did. (GT)

The nature and pervasiveness of sex-based inequalities within collegiate athletics are reviewed with regard to constitutional mandates as interpreted by Title IX and the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. Special attention is given to the once discredited "separate but equal" doctrine. (LBH)

Using applicable common law and statutory standards, this comment examines from several perspectives the constitutionality of section 86.41 of the Title IX regulations. It is concluded that the alternative to section 86.41 and the entire separate but equal system is to classify by ability rather than by sex. (LBH)