Amazon.com This eye-opening book links gender-based pay and scholarship inequity with male violence and male domination in sports and society at large. As this book points out， athletes who rape and male coaches who brag of beating their wives are often dismissed by our culture with a "boys will be boys" attitude. Formerly competitive co-ed sports have been replaced with sex-segregated sports after a woman wins against male competitors. Those dubious signals sent to boys such as "don't throw like a girl" are all designed to glorify masculinity and keep it safe from so-called female interference and contamination. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly A former professional basketball player with the New Jersey Gems of the Women's Pro Basketball League， Nelson ( Are We Winning Yet? ) has firsthand knowledge of the ways athletics are used to preserve male dominance in our society. Besides their role in reinforcing sexism， she presents the corollary argument that "manly" sports， particularly football， set the stage for violence against women. The fear of strong females， Nelson contends， is the chief reason that female athletes are unsettling to men and are discriminated against in every area from college athletic budgets to media coverage of their events. She also makes telling points about so-called male bonding on teams as socially acceptable homoeroticism. In closing， she exhorts women to keep fighting for equal treatment， to continue viewing sports as an extension of personal goals and a source of pleasure， not as a road to dominance of men or other women. Nelson argues forcefully， with a fine sense of humor. Author tour. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information， Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews