Exam 7: Gender in North American Sport: Continuity and Change Main Themes

Traditionally, adolescent girls dropped the pursuit of serious sport involvement because

Most of those who defend the progress toward gender equity in women's intercollegiate sports are advocates of eliminating men's sports teams to achieve that end.

Whether sports participation is considered feminine depends primarily on cultural definitions of appropriate feminine behavior.

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, was an ardent advocate for women's participation in the Olympics.

The teaching of sex-role ideology comes from a range of cultural sources, but the most persistent instruction comes from

The Civil Rights Restoration Act reinterpreted the Title IX language to apply only to a specific program or departments that receive federal funds.

Which of the following is not an effect of Title IX:

As participation of female athletes has gone _ in high school and collegiate sport, the percent of women in coaching and sport administration has gone .

One of the outcomes of gay liberation has been the founding of sport organizations by and for gays and lesbians. The most prestigious sport organization, and event, is

Explain why sex-testing reinforces patriarchal relations.