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Women and sport – social aspects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2011

Margaret Talbot
Margaret Talbot
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Trinity and All Saints College, Leeds
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Summary

A wide ranging coverage is given of the issues involved in the interaction between women and sport. The pressures on girls and women to take part in or to refrain from various sports are considered. The question of the leisure time available to women in various situations, and the pressures on that leisure time, are discussed, and space is also given to the opportunities available at school level, the Equal Opportunities Commission's involvement in sport and the problems of sportswomen at the highest level.

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I. Sport and society
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 13 , supplement S7: Biosocial Aspects of Sport , 1981 , pp. 33 - 47
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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