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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
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The examples of how well women's sports are thriving are countless, thanks in part to increasing television coverage and the influence of Title IX, passed by Congress in 1972, which stated:
"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."  Be first to comment this article |  Add as favourites (169) | Views: 12124
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A Golden Age In Women's Sports |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
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The gradual but obvious deterioration in the treatment of women bodybuilders by the IFBB is all the more ironic - if not tragic - because we are in the midst of what appears to be the golden age of women's sports. Until Billie Jean King and then Martina Navratilova came along, women's tennis was a ladylike affair that didn't have much public appeal. Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (167) | Views: 1372 |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
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I'm focusing on figure vs. bodybuilding rather than including fitness because the current policies of the federations are rapidly destroying fitness - especially on the amateur level. As long as women have to be accomplished gymnasts to have a high probability of succeeding in fitness, more and more women in this category will defect to figure - where they are usually at the same kind of genetic disadvantage (having compact rather than elongated physiques) as are the bodybuilders. Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (161) | Views: 1372 |
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