EP5. Female Sparrers: Great Athletes Even Without the Rivalries

Episode 5: Let's cooperate and understand females in sport and females in point sparring. Why do females drop out of the sport? This is not males vs. females. This is not solely a female issue.

Elyse Gorrell

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(Karate; Sport Karate; Sport Martial Arts; Martial Arts; Point Fighting; Point Sparring)

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References

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Morrow, D. & Wamsley, K. (2017). Gender, Body, and Sport. Sport in Canada: A History. Don Mills: Oxford University Press.

Roth, A., & Basow, S., A. (2004). Femininity, sports, and feminism: Developing a theory of physical liberation. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 23(3), 245-265.

Soong, K. (2017, April 17). Kathrine Switzer was attacked 50 years ago as she ran the Boston Marathon. The reason? She was a woman. The Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/04/17/fifty-years-ago-kathrine-switzer-was-attacked-as-she-ran-the-boston-marathon-the-reason-she-was-a-woman/

Switzer, K. (2007, March 26). The girl who started it all. Runner’s World. Retrieved from https://kathrineswitzer.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Girl-Who-Started-It-All-Runners-World.pdf

Young, I., M. (1994). Gender as seriality: Thinking about women as a social collective. Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 19(3), 713-738.

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