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Game Changer, Erin Buzuvis
Game Changer, Erin Buzuvis
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This Article celebrates the 40th anniversary of Title IX and the activists who have fought for women's equal educational opportunities. Title IX's success is due to the eternal vigilance of the law's supporters, who continue to defend it through the political process and in the courts. The Author notes that this vigilance must continue in order for the law to address persistent sex discrimination, and to guard against unwarranted sex segregation.
Including Transgender Athletes In Sex-Segregated Sport, Erin E. Buzuvis
Including Transgender Athletes In Sex-Segregated Sport, Erin E. Buzuvis
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The Author focuses her chapter on the varying degrees of trans inclusive policies found across the sport spectrum. Presently, private and public policy addressing participation by transgender athletes can be described on a spectrum of least to most inclusive. The Author’s chapter describes and evaluates different ways in which athletic associations and sport organizers are trying to accommodate transgender athletes into single-sex athletic teams. It ends with recommendations for advocacy to promote the inclusion of transgender athletes across all sports.
Sidelined: Title Ix Retaliation Cases And Women's Leadership In College Athletics, Erin E. Buzuvis
Sidelined: Title Ix Retaliation Cases And Women's Leadership In College Athletics, Erin E. Buzuvis
Faculty Scholarship
Discrimination against women seeking or serving in leadership positions in sport is worthy of analysis, not only for the sake of individual women who desire to self-actualize as a head coach or athletic administrator, but because the unique role of sport in society gives underrepresentation of women in leadership positions additional significance. Due to its high visibility and widespread appeal—its veritable iconic status—sport is a salient site of cultural production. That is, sport operates on a symbolic level, reflecting and transmitting shared cultural values. Among these values, sport helps define the attributes associated with leadership, and thus, derivatively, power. By …