DESCRIPTION THE STRONGER WOMEN GET, THE MORE MEN LOVE FOOTBALLl

Individual Chapters for Sale
Reader Reviews
Special Note to College Professors

Contents

1. We Don't Like Football, Do We?
2. Feminism and Football: Then and Now
3. Stronger Women
4. Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Will Not
5. Scoring: What's Sex Got to Do with It?
6. Men in Tight Pants Embracing
7. Sexual Assault as a Spectator Sport
8. My Coach Says He Loves Me

Nelson presents an overview of what she means by "The Stronger Women Get, The More Men Love Football" (Chapter One: "We Don't Like Football, Do We"?); unearths a fascinating history of male resistance to women's athletic participation (Chapter Two: "Feminism and Football, Then and Now"); describes the growing sense of freedom and power of women who discover running, rowing, or other sports late in life (Chapter Three: "Stronger Women") and tackles the tough subject of gender identity and sports (Chapter Four: "Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Will Not.")

A gutsy reporter, Nelson also hangs out at Scores, the New York strip club with a sports theme (Chapter Five: "Scoring: What's Sex Got to Do with It?); asks uncomfortable questions about the homoerotic quality of many men's sports (Chapter Six: "Men in Tight Pants Embracing); offers the first chapter-length analysis of male athletes, sexual assault and domestic violence (Chapter Seven: "Sexual Assault as a Spectator Sport"); offers the first published analysis of coach-athlete abuse, including interviews with abusive coaches, their victims, and the coach who molested the author herself when she was a teenager (Chapter Eight: "My Coach Says He Loves Me"); reviews media portrayals of male and female athletes (Chapter Nine: "How a Woman Is Supposed to Act") and enters a pro football locker room to interview naked players about their sexual harassment of female reporters (Chapter Ten: "The Looker Room.")