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- Title
I Am Woman, See Me (Sweat)!: Older Women and Sport.
- Authors
Smith, Maureen M.
- Abstract
As women age, society assigns stereotypes that suggest that older women are no longer capable of being competent athletes. In considering the experiences of older women in sport from a sociological perspective, this article provides a short summary of works examining older women in masters sport settings, as well as three brief case studies of older women engaged in sport and movement. As American women age, more of them will have experienced organized high school sport (after the passage of Title IX), suggesting that the experiences of older women in sport will take on new dimensions and meanings worthy of exploration.
- Subjects
OLDER women; WOMEN athletes' physiology; PHYSIOLOGICAL aspects of aging; SPORTS physiology; WOMEN'S sports; PHYSIOLOGY; PERSPIRATION
- Publication
Kinesiology Review, 2016, Vol 5, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
2163-0453
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/kr.2015-0055