Pathfinder
Physical Education
Year 11
Women in Sport
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Shelf Locations:
Dewey Number Topic
796.08
Women in sport
796.08 Sportsmen and sportswomen -
306.4
Sports sociology
363.14 Lifesaving
Online Databases:
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Online Databases page,
and search the subscription databases located there
(Electric Library, World Magazine Bank, Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
and Encyclopedia Britannica).
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Subject Directories are written by experts, not picked up by computers using
certain keywords,
so the information there is more likely to be reputable and authoritative.
Internet Sites:
Women in
Australia milestones
http://www.ofw.facs.gov.au/women_in_australia/milestones_1871_1983.htm
Year Book
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/daaada81176e2f89ca256f7200833023!OpenDocument
HISTORY
A
sporting life . Year Book
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/daaada81176e2f89ca256f7200833023!OpenDocument
Sporting success.
http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2002/siw/ssas.asp
Women in Sport.
http://www.ausport.gov.au/info/topics/women.asp
History of women in sport in
http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2001/ascpub/women_history.asp
History of women and sport in
http://www.ausport.gov.au/women/aboutus.asp
Gender equity in athletics and
sports
http://www.feminist.org/sports
Empowering Women in Sports
http://www.feminist.org/research/sports/sports2.html
Athletics in the lives of women
and girls
http://www.feminist.org/research/sports/sports6.html
Women’s Sport and Recreation
Newsletters NSW
http://www.womensportnsw.com.au
Sharing
good practice. Key elements to improving teenage girl’s
participation in sport and physical activity
”there is a
substantial drop out of girls in the teenage years”
http://www.womensportnsw.com.au/web%20pages/research.htm#sharinggoodpractice
The Impact of Gendered
Heroism on Adolescent Girls and Their Sport Role Models
”gendered heroism has
an impact on the choice of sport role models of adolescent girls”
http://www.womensportnsw.com.au/web%20pages/research.htm#rolemodels
STATISTICAL EVIDENCE
Media Coverage of women in sport
”the nation’s
sportswomen are playing harder, faster and more professionally than ever, and
have a proven international record, they still struggle for consistent,
long-term coverage.
44.6% of players in
organised sport were women”
http://www.womensportnsw.com.au/web%20pages/research.htm#media
Women in Form newsletter. Article on
“Strengthening female coaching”
“Women are under-represented
in the area of strength and conditioning coaching at the elite level, and often
have to overcome negative perceptions by female athletes associated with body
image and building muscle mass”
http://www.womensportnsw.com.au/newsletters/womensport%20newsletter%2026.pdf
Women in sport – leadership
http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/publicat/p_detail.asp?Pub_id=39
Women in sport – coaches
http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/publicat/p_detail.asp?Pub_id=38
Women in sport – participation
http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/publicat/p_detail.asp?Pub_id=37
Why don’t girls play sport
http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2001/qld/whydont.asp
Girls participation in sport
”Girls drop out of sports at a rate six
times higher than boys”.
The lack of participation in sport for adolescence girls can be related to
issues
such as gender stereotypes and
constructions of femininity within society and within this age group”.
http://golum.riv.csu.edu.au/~ghiggi02/html/girls.html
Girls in sport
The drop-out rate for girls is a high as 60%
http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_health/Transcripts/s666769.htm
Comparison of results
from the participation in exercise, recreation and sport survey
for 2002 and 2003 – NSW
Note the high participation of
women in sport
http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/research/r_fact_0203comparison.asp
World
Conference on Women and Sport 2002 – Communique
Suggests ideas on how to improve women’s participation in sport
http://www.canada2002.org/e/communique/
Women and sport. International Olympic
Commission
”History shows that the evolution of women's participation in the
Olympic Movement
has been increasing slowly over the
years”
http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/commissions/women/index_uk.asp
International Working Group on Women
and Sport – Leadership in Sport
http://www.iwg-gti.org/e/challenge/leadership.htm
Benefits
- Why Sports Participation for Girls and Women: The Foundation Position
”Girls and women who play sports
have a more positive body image and experience
higher states of psychological
well-being than girls and women who do not play sports”
http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa/issues/body/article.html?record=577
Recounting our thought about girls
and sport
Some interesting facts and ideas
about girls and sport
http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa/issues/part/article.html?record=700
Women, media and sport
http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/1994/152/152p25.htm
BODY IMAGE
Body image and participation in
sport
http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2001/ascpub/women_image.asp
Mirror Mirror
Sarah Ryan reflects on the problems young girls face about body image
when entering the sport
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/26/1027497413507.html
A case of image and attitude
”More girls drop out of sport earlier than boys leading to a situation where
the participation rate of young men in their twenties is nearly double that of
young women of the same age”.
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/edu/projects/migi/secure/teacher2/SIG/GIRLS/IMAGE.HTM
Body
Language
”Some teenagers drop out of
physical activity they previously enjoyed because they feel uncomfortable about
their bodies”
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/28/1098667873861.html
SURF LIFE SAVING RELATED SITES
Interesting Photo. Scroll down to see the photo
http://www.collaroysurfclub.com.au/Nippers/nippers.htm
Surf Life Saving
a way of life in the surf
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/surflifesaving
Surf Life Saving. A history
“Women were sort of barred”
http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_in_time/Transcripts/s785975.htm
All you need to know about surf
life saving
http://www.surfrescue.com.au/docs/BR001.pdf
A brief history of surf life
saving
Scroll down to the brief chapter
“Women and life saving “
http://www.slsa.asn.au/doc_display.asp?document_id=423
Equity, discrimination and
harassment free policy. SLSA
http://www.slsa.asn.au/upload/documents/s502914941182024_6.4%20Equity.pdf
Nutri-Grain
Iron Woman. Surf Life Saving championships
http://www.slsa.asn.au/doc_display.asp?document_id=289
Female Athletic Handbook published by Surf Life Saving.
The handbook address various issues concerning female athletes
http://www.slsa.asn.au/upload/documents/s42175653713349_SLSA%20Female%20Athlete%20Handbook%20Web.pdf
Surf Life Saving Newsletter
http://www.slsa.asn.au/doc_display.asp?document_id=74
Scroll
down and look at numbers of female members involved in surf life saving.
Surf Life Saving
http://www.lifesaving.com.au/home/home.cfm
Noosa Nippers
http://www.abc.net.au/sunshine/stories/s607978.htm