The Sport Nexus and Gender Injustice

Male-dominated and sex segregated elite professional and amateur sport1 in North America constitutes a "sport nexus" (Burstyn, 1999; Heywood & Dworkin, 2003) that combines economic and cultural influence to reinforce and perpetuate gender injustice. The sport nexus is an androcentric s...

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Main Author: Ann Travers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brock University 2009-01-01
Series:Studies in Social Justice
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Online Access:http://brock.scholarsportal.info/journals/index.php/SSJ/article/view/969