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7 Tex. J. Women & L. 1 (1997-1998)
Women's Participation in Sports: Four Feminist Perspectives

handle is hein.journals/tjwl7 and id is 11 raw text is: Texas Journal of Women and the Law Volume 7 Articles WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS: FOUR FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES Jessica E. Jay* Introduction ......................................................................... 2 I. Historical Discrimination, Title IX, and Participation Today ........ 3 11. The Benefits of Participation in Sports-Assuming Participation Can Be Encouraged, Achieved, and Maintained .... 10 A. Health and Fitness Benefits ...................................... 10 B. Self-Esteem and Success Benefits .............................. 12 III. Feminist Perspectives of Girls' Sports Participation .............. 17 A. Formal Equality Theory and Girls' Sports .................... 18 1. Separate-But-Equal Teams .................................. 20 2. Non-Sex-Based Classifications .............................. 23 B. Substantive Equality Theory and Girls' Sports .............. 24 1. Separate-but-Unequal Teams ................................ 25 2. Separate-but-Unique Teams ................................ 27 C. Nonsubordination/Dominance Theory and Girls' Sports ... 28 D. Cultural Feminism and Girls' Sports ........................... 32 1. Nurturing or Supportive Teams ............................ 33 2. Interconnected/Relational Teams ........................... 34 3. Non-Competitive Team Activities .......................... 34 Conclusion ......................................................................... 35 If you let me play, if you let me play sports. I will like myself more; I will have more self-confidence. If you let me play sports. If you let me play, I will be sixty percent less likely to get breast cancer; I will suffer less depression. If you let me play sports, I will be more likely to leave a man who beats me. If you let me play,

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