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Stand Up and Shout Out: Women's Fight for Equal Pay, Equal Rights, and Equal Opportunities in Sports
Today, women have greater opportunities to participate in sport than ever before, particularly due to the passage of Title IX in 1972. Yet, despite all this growth, women still struggle to hold leadership positions, become coaches of both girls and boys teams, receive equal pay, and get even adequate coverage in the media. In Stand Up and Shout Out: Women's Fight for Equality in Sports, Joan Steidinger explores the three crucial areas in sport that remain huge concerns for women: leadership, money, and media. Steidinger looks at the number of ways in which women experience vast inequalities by examining topics such as the politics of sport, sexual assault, the #MeToo movement, pay equity, women in coaching positions, and the experiences of women of color and LGBTQ athletes. Interviews with leading authorities in the field and prominent female athletes are interwoven throughout to add both expert and personal perspectives to the conversation. Stand Up and Shout Out does more than just inform readers about these important issues; its purpose is to create enlightened discussions around the unequal treatment of women and present readers with "action steps" so we can all become active contributors toward improving this situation. This is an ideal time to fight for women's equality in sport, as it draws attention to the growing need for advocacy for girls and women around the world in all areas of life.
- GenresSportsNonfictionFeminism
232 pages, Hardcover
Published March 11, 2020
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March 12, 2020
I have to admit I picked this book because of the cover. If you put Megan Rapinoe on the cover of a dictionary I would still read it. I’m also a huge sports fan and since I have been enjoying more nonfiction lately, I had some high hopes for this book. I’m sorry to say it was just okay. It was much more academic and at times drier than I was hoping for. If it was 17 years ago when I was in my gender studies class, this would have been a perfect book to read for writing a report. When it comes to reading for entertainment and enjoyment purposes, this didn’t really work for me.
On the good side I did learn multiple things I never knew. One surprise was how after Title IX was enacted the amount of women coaches in sports went way down. It was because new money going into women’s sports meant coaches could be paid more so men started going for the coaching jobs. And since most of the athletic directors all over the USA are white men, the inherit bias is to hire people that look like you, so the amount of women coaches is now quite low.
One of my disappointments with this book was that I was hoping for long interviews from athletes, not just quoted text from other interviews. I was hoping for a nice interview with Rapinoe and Williams but neither happened. I also found too much repetition. Steidinger would use a story as an example, than she would revisit it, then sometimes even a third time. I think I read the same annoying quote from Geno Auriemma five times. Again, if I was using this for research I would not have minded as much but reading it straight through for fun had too many things repeated.
I think I found the part about LGBTQ women in sports the most interesting. It was probably because I was looking forward to that part the most but I did find that it read better than other parts. I was disappointed that there wasn’t more info about USWNT (USA soccer team) suing for equal pay. It was talked about briefly but I think it was a missed opportunity not to go more in-depth since it so fits the book. I do have to give a slight trigger warning about the #MeToo section since most of the accounts of sexual assault against female athletes are graphic and really hard to read.
If you are using this book as research or a source, especially in a classroom setting, I think this book would work well for people. When it comes to reading just for entertainment purposes, I can’t really recommend it
An ARC was given to me for a honest review
On the good side I did learn multiple things I never knew. One surprise was how after Title IX was enacted the amount of women coaches in sports went way down. It was because new money going into women’s sports meant coaches could be paid more so men started going for the coaching jobs. And since most of the athletic directors all over the USA are white men, the inherit bias is to hire people that look like you, so the amount of women coaches is now quite low.
One of my disappointments with this book was that I was hoping for long interviews from athletes, not just quoted text from other interviews. I was hoping for a nice interview with Rapinoe and Williams but neither happened. I also found too much repetition. Steidinger would use a story as an example, than she would revisit it, then sometimes even a third time. I think I read the same annoying quote from Geno Auriemma five times. Again, if I was using this for research I would not have minded as much but reading it straight through for fun had too many things repeated.
I think I found the part about LGBTQ women in sports the most interesting. It was probably because I was looking forward to that part the most but I did find that it read better than other parts. I was disappointed that there wasn’t more info about USWNT (USA soccer team) suing for equal pay. It was talked about briefly but I think it was a missed opportunity not to go more in-depth since it so fits the book. I do have to give a slight trigger warning about the #MeToo section since most of the accounts of sexual assault against female athletes are graphic and really hard to read.
If you are using this book as research or a source, especially in a classroom setting, I think this book would work well for people. When it comes to reading just for entertainment purposes, I can’t really recommend it
An ARC was given to me for a honest review
January 30, 2021
This book is really one I find difficult reviewing. I was super excited when I realized this book is about to be published, as I’m quite interested in this topic and I participate in it academically and in work.
What I like the most is the separation into different titles what really makes it easier to understand the different fields where women find difficulties in sport.
What I didn’t like the most is the style the book was written. I often found myself lost in all the data, names, functions and organizations. While I find statistics and studies really interesting, I kept loosing track when there were 4 of them presented in two pages. There were also paragraphs repeating a lot of times.
Another painfull thing was all the names, their functions, jobs, past description, including describing the organizations they work for. I was lost reading all the time “who is who” so the real scope of the information was missed.
As I really love we have a book like this on the market because I think the message it gives is enourmously important, I can’t give it more than 3 stars.
What I like the most is the separation into different titles what really makes it easier to understand the different fields where women find difficulties in sport.
What I didn’t like the most is the style the book was written. I often found myself lost in all the data, names, functions and organizations. While I find statistics and studies really interesting, I kept loosing track when there were 4 of them presented in two pages. There were also paragraphs repeating a lot of times.
Another painfull thing was all the names, their functions, jobs, past description, including describing the organizations they work for. I was lost reading all the time “who is who” so the real scope of the information was missed.
As I really love we have a book like this on the market because I think the message it gives is enourmously important, I can’t give it more than 3 stars.
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February 25, 2020
Dr. Joan Steidinger is an accomplished psychologist and lifelong athlete who grew up in the early days of women’s fight for parity in sports. In her second engaging book, she outlines the critical history, trends, and challenges facing today’s generation of elite female athletes.
January 20, 2024
I read this book for an english project. It was hard to get through but I will say there was one part that I didn’t agree with. I won’t mention it now but that took a star off and also it’s just not a book i would willingly read. It wasn’t baddd.
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January 19, 2022really liked the action items at the end of each chapter
November 25, 2021
The book is full of insights! For someone who loves sports, I was shocked by high little I knew about the institutions in women's sports and the change makers.
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