About this item
This book uses the world of sports in order to reveal the complicated history of gender, sexuality, race, and social justice while connecting those stories to today's athletes. It highlights the ways sports often contribute to inequalities, but also how they can help make the world more accepting.Have you ever wondered why most cheerleaders are girls? It didn't used to be that way. Up until the early twentieth century, all cheerleaders were actually boys. And why do some athletes, like Caster Semenya, have to prove they're women while there's no testing for men? Why do athletes like Megan Rapinoe and Colin Kaepernick use sports as a platform for social justice, and should they?These questions and more are examined in Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy: The Evolution of Gender, Identity, and Race in Sports.
About the Author
Robyn Ryle is a sociologist and a writer who has taught about gender, race, and sexuality to college students for twenty years. Her book, THROW LIKE A GIRL, CHEER LIKE A BOY: THE EVOLUTION OF GENDER, IDENTITY, AND RACE IN SPORTS is forthcoming from Rowman and Littlefield in June 2020. She is also the author of SHE/HE/THEY/ME: FOR THE SISTERS, MISTERS, AND BINARY RESISTERS (Sourcebooks) and a textbook, QUESTIONING GENDER: A SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLORATION (SAGE Press) in its 4th edition. She lives in a 180-year-old house in Madison, Indiana, where she likes to hang out at the coffee shop, play trivia, knit and bake. You can find her on Twitter (@RobynRyle) and Instagram (@robynryle) .
