TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brake,Deborah L.
TI  - Getting in the Game: Title IX and the Women's Sports Revolution 
T2  - Critical America
SN  - 9780814799659
AV  - KF4166 .B73 2016
U1  - 344.73099082 23
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - New York University Press, 
KW  - Sex discrimination in sports
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - United States
KW  - Women athletes
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N2  - Title IX, a landmark federal statute enacted in 1972 to prohibit sex discrimination in education, has worked its way into American culture as few other laws have. It is an iconic law, the subject of web blogs and T-shirt slogans, and is widely credited with opening the doors to the massive numbers of girls and women now participating in competitive sports. Yet few people fully understand the law's requirements, or the extent to which it has succeeded in challenging the gender norms that have circumscribed women's opportunities as athletes and their place in society more generally.In this first legal analysis of Title IX, Deborah L. Brake assesses the statute's successes and failures. While the statute has created tremendous gains for female athletes, not only raising the visibility and cultural acceptance of women in sports, but also creating social bonds for women, positive body images, and leadership roles, the disparities in funding between men's and women's sports have remained remarkably resilient. At the same time, female athletes continue to receive less prestige and support than their male counterparts, which in turn filters into the arena of professional sports. Brake provides a richer understanding and appreciation of what Title IX has accomplished, while taking a critical look at the places where the law has fallen short. A unique contribution to the literature on Title IX, Getting in the Game fully explores the theory, policy choices, successes, and limitations of this historic law
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