She Shoots, She Scores

Canadian Perspectives on Women and Sport

Laura Robinson

ISBN 978-1-55077-095-7, First, 1997

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She Shoots, She Scores is designed for use in school, college and university physical education programs. It raises for discussion important issues surrounding women and sport today. The story of women's sport is a story of questioning everything and asking "why not?" The women and the teams described in this book dare to ask that very simple question.

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Women's sport challenges the male status quo in a way that is disconcerting, if not revolutionary. Women are telling the world that they belong on the playing fields, ice surfaces, race courses, and mountains of the earth and reject what thousands of years of patriarchy has tried to enforce. Increasingly, women athletes are claiming public space and are doing so with the strength of their bodies. Sport is about challenges; and so this book will challenge the person reading it. Why did Maclean's Magazine declare that "Canada's national virility remained in tact," after we won the silver medal at the 1992 Olympics in men's hockey. And if hockey is connected to male sperm, what does Maclean's have to say about our women's team winning the world championships (again) one month later? This book introduces the reader not only to the special nature of women's sport but also the special nature of women sport journalism. This collection of articles on women in sport and physical activity is drawn from the author's experience as both as a sports journalist and as an athlete. Author Laura Robinson Journalist Laura Robinson is a Canadian journalist and a former national team cyclist. Introduction UNIT 1: THE ATHLETES Introduction Georgia On My Mind Canada's Golden Opportunities Clara Hughes Teamwork Ann Budge — Multi-Sport Athlete "St. Double-Standard" Strikes Again Le Tour Cycliste Feminin Silken Laumann Silken Laumann, Part II Running for Her Life Paula Schnurr and Dionne Wright — Track-and-Field Role Models Angela James Myriam Bedard Danielle Dube Nora Young — A Legacy in Canadian Sport UNIT 2: PHYSICAL ISSUES Introduction The Pink-Ribbon Syndrome Take Back the Night Who Shall Be Piggy? An Innocent Pastime's Dark Side The Culture of Misconduct Coach's Corner The Yellow Jersey Self-Esteem Can't Be Bought Real Men? Sport Violence and the Media Circus Misogyny Healthy Masculinity? Why Can't We Talk about Sexual Harassment in Sport? Starving for the Gold UNIT 3: ICE-TIME Introduction Puck Bunnies Women's Varsity Blues Fighting for the Right ... To Play! Opposing Policies of Exclusion UNIT 4: STORMING THE TREE FORT Introduction Feminine Versus Brute Force Ignoring the "Threat" of Women's Sport Sports Talk Hooked Arguments against the Re-definition of the "New Man" Isn't Athletic Ability Enough? Censorship Women, Sport and the Media UNIT 5: COLOUR Introduction Canada's Flag Bearer, Charmaine Crooks Where Do Hockey Stars Come From? Winter Track Dorothy Wilson — Home-Run Queen Sport as Mythology UNIT 6: A NEW PLAY — OFFERING SOLUTIONS Introduction Sport at Its Best Playing the Equality Game in Sport Sports Equity — What Is It? Women's Hockey Night in Rankin Inlet Women on Wheels Jessie Dreaming in Technicolour Unfair Checking; Government Cutbacks Appendices Milestones in Women's Sport Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity(CAAWS) Examination of Gender Portrayal and English TV Coverage of Lillehammer Games Reveals Imbalance Gender Equity Through Physical Education Harassment Policy and Guidelines Women's Hockey in Canada Resources on Women and Sport: Organizations and Materials Video Resources Instructor's Manual There is no classroom support for this resource.

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She Shoots, She Scores

She Shoots, She Scores

Canadian Perspectives on Women and Sport

Author

Laura Robinson

UNIT 1: THE ATHLETES

UNIT 2: PHYSICAL ISSUES

UNIT 3: ICE-TIME

UNIT 4: STORMING THE TREE FORT

UNIT 5: COLOUR

UNIT 6: A NEW PLAY — OFFERING SOLUTIONS

Appendices

Instructor's Manual