Athletic Participation & Academic Performance / A Study of Women Athletes
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A 9 page paper that provides an overview of a proposed study of women in athletics. The hypothesis of this study is that women athletes score higher on academic achievement tests than their non-athlete counterparts. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Athaca.wps

Title IX & Women Participating In Intercollegiate Athletics
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A 7 page research paper on Title IX-- the law which first enabled women to participate in interscholastic sports. The writer summarizes Title IX and briefly discusses its history-- going on to analyze how, in the 90's,-- attention was suddenly re-focused upon its applicability to intercollegiate sports. Various cases and other controversial issues concerning women's participation in college sports are presented. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Titleix.wps

The Effects of Sport Participation on Self-Esteem
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This 10 page paper looks at the subject of sport participation and its relationship to self-esteem. The self-esteem movement is discussed and the paper concludes that even if a positive relationship exists between the two variables, enhanced self-esteem may not always be desirable. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA30Sprt.wps

Argument for Equality in Team Sports
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This is a 3 page paper which provides an argument for allowing girls and boys to play on the same team. The bibliography has 2 sources.
Filename: JHArgu.rtf

Business Proposal: Women's Professional Football Team
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A 5 page paper that presents selected components of a business proposal for establishing a new professional women's football team in Detroit. The sections include: a description of the business; the objective; industry analysis, including brief overview of history of this sport; potential for success; discussion about budgetary issues; and marketing plan. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGwpfl.rtf

Female Coaches May Be Detrimental to Male Sports Teams
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This 15 page paper provides a proposal for an experiment to prove the hypothesis, in addition to reviewing a great deal of research in the field. Literature pertinent to sports and gender relationships in general provide support for the thesis. Research which addresses female coaching specifically is also provided, inclusive of the psychological effects it has on the male. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA123gen.rtf

Female Swimmers Over 40
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6 pages in length. Directly correlated with the extent to which women over forty choose to participate in swimming is how active they were in this or other sports throughout their lives; one who has engaged in swimming or some other physical activity either consistently or in phases is much more likely to undertake swimming after forty than one who has had little experience with that or any other sport. The writer discusses other issues pertaining to female swimmers over 40 including gender limitations, discrimination and mass media agenda setting. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCswim40.rtf

Gender constructs in sport: cheerleading
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A paper which looks at gender constructs in sport, with specific reference to masculinities and femininities in football cheerleading squads. Bibliography lists 1 source
Filename: JLcheer.rtf

Gender Issues Concerning Anabolic Steroids in the Field of Sports
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A 14 page paper which discusses various gender concerns with relationship to anabolic steroid use in sports. The paper presents information concerning the supposed benefits and realistic side effects of steroids. It also breaks down the gender concerns and illustrates how the anabolic steroids effect men and women, as well as adolescents. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: RAanastrd.wps

Gender Issues in Sports
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This 3 page paper examines six articles about the issue of gender differences in sports. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: HVSexSpt

Gender Stratification Through The Study Of Sports
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In this 4 page research paper, the writer discusses what we can learn about gender stratification, roles, stereotypes in society, etc.;--through the study of sports. Just as certain social classes are associated with certain sports, each gender is more commonly associated with specific sports as well. Cultural reasons for the exclusion of women from certain key sports are analyzed. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Sportgen.wps

Growing the WNBA's Brand
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A 5 page paper discussing marketing the Women's National Basketball Association's acceptance and growing its brand. Many of the WNBA players differ from other women only in the fact that they play basketball for a living. The WNBA has thrived on its grass-roots characteristics and it should work to preserve them. Players generally are unable to stage dunks and other dramatic maneuvers and so concentrate on solid skills that many of the men's teams have lost. In this respect, WNBA teams can build appreciation among male fans as well. Teams and the national organization need to use both approaches in their marketing efforts. Includes a SWOT analysis. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KS-WNBA.rtf

Injuries Common to Female Basketball Players
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This 12 page paper considers injuries that are common to female basketball players and outlines the biological reasons that these injuries occur relative to the types of movements involved in basketball. This paper considers the physical structures of the human body as they relate to performance in basketball and the propensity for certain injuries in female players. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHbaskin.wps

Motivation & Success in Women's Sports
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A 15 page research paper that examines this topic. While there are similarities between these elements for male and female athletes, it is also true that for women, there are obstacles to motivation and confidence that stem from social and cultural beliefs. Due to this fact, the writer first begins with an examination of historical background on women's sports, but then quickly proceeds to discussing current studies that address motivation and success. Topics also addressed include women in coaching and successful women athletes. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: khmotsuc.rtf

Review of Michael A. Messner’s Book “Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity”
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This is a 3 page book review of Michael A. Messner’s “Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity”. Michael A. Messner’s 1992 text “Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity” is one of the first sociological studies which observes the social role of sports in the development of masculinity and how that role has been affected by the feminist movement throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Messner’s study is based on his interviews with thirty former male athletes from different high school, college and/or professional leagues. Messner’s text is important in its feminist look at the masculinity in sports and in addition to the reinforcement of homophobia which has also been challenged with the acceptance of gays within organized sports. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TJMMess1.rtf

Sports and Gender
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A 4 page paper which examines how and why men are more qualified for particular sports than women. No sources cited.
Filename: RAwfoot.rtf

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