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Money, power, respect : how women in sports are shaping the future of feminism / Macaela MacKenzie.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Seal Press, Hachette Book Group, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: vii, 321 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781541600898
  • 1541600894
Subject(s):
Contents:
Money -- Equal Pay for Equal Play -- Put your money where your mouth Is -- The motherhood penalty -- Power -- Stronger together -- Changemakers -- Put her In -- Owning your worth -- Respect -- Sex sells, women pay -- Good for a girl -- If you can see it.
Summary: "Women's sports receive a fraction of the airtime allotted for men's sports, as well as a fraction of the marketing dollars, media coverage, training in budget facilities, and much more. As sports journalist Macaela MacKenzie exposes in Money, Power, Respect, misogyny in women's sports runs deep -- but there is hope at the end of the tunnel. MacKenzie takes us into the world of the women athletes who are championing equal pay, equal rights, and equal respect against often-tremendous odds. She overturns depressingly common myths and misconceptions about women's sports, revealing that the real reason they're so often seen as an afterthought is nothing more than sexism"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An inside look at how women athletes are leading the fight for equality--on and off the field

Women's sports receive a fraction of the airtime allotted for men's sports, as well as a fraction of the marketing dollars, media coverage, and training resources. For every dollar that the NBA's highest-paid player brings home, the WNBA's highest-paid player earns just half a cent. But while misogyny in sports is particularly visible, it's not unique. Women athletes face the same sexist barriers found in all career fields: the motherhood penalty, transphobia and misogynoir, underpromotion, and more.

But women in sports are fighting back, debunking myths that women aren't as skilled, competitive, or capable of generating revenue as men. Drawing on exclusive interviews with prominent athletes--including Allyson Felix, Megan Rapinoe, and Billie Jean King--journalist Macaela Mackenzie shows how women are using sports as a platform for change. As women athletes push for the same things all women want in their careers--money, power, and respect--their wins are showing the rest of us what's possible in the fight for equality.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Money -- Equal Pay for Equal Play -- Put your money where your mouth Is -- The motherhood penalty -- Power -- Stronger together -- Changemakers -- Put her In -- Owning your worth -- Respect -- Sex sells, women pay -- Good for a girl -- If you can see it.

"Women's sports receive a fraction of the airtime allotted for men's sports, as well as a fraction of the marketing dollars, media coverage, training in budget facilities, and much more. As sports journalist Macaela MacKenzie exposes in Money, Power, Respect, misogyny in women's sports runs deep -- but there is hope at the end of the tunnel. MacKenzie takes us into the world of the women athletes who are championing equal pay, equal rights, and equal respect against often-tremendous odds. She overturns depressingly common myths and misconceptions about women's sports, revealing that the real reason they're so often seen as an afterthought is nothing more than sexism"-- Provided by publisher.

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