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Money, power, respect : how women in sports are shaping the future of feminism / Macaela MacKenzie.

by MacKenzie, Macaela, author.

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New York, NY : Seal Press, 2023.

Sports for women -- Social aspects -- United States.

Women athletes -- Political activity -- United States.

Feminism and sports -- United States.

9781541600898 (hardcover) :

1541600894 (hardcover)

vii, 321 pages ; 25 cm

Money -- Equal Pay for Equal Play -- Put your money where your mouth Is -- The motherhood penalty -- Power -- Stronger together -- Changemakers -- Put her In -- Owning your worth -- Respect -- Sex sells, women pay -- Good for a girl -- If you can see it.

"Women's sports receive a fraction of the airtime allotted for men's sports, as well as a fraction of the marketing dollars, media coverage, training in budget facilities, and much more. As sports journalist Macaela MacKenzie exposes in Money, Power, Respect, misogyny in women's sports runs deep -- but there is hope at the end of the tunnel. MacKenzie takes us into the world of the women athletes who are championing equal pay, equal rights, and equal respect against often-tremendous odds. She overturns depressingly common myths and misconceptions about women's sports, revealing that the real reason they're so often seen as an afterthought is nothing more than sexism"--

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