Run like the wind: playing soccer with the boys

Madeline Wells

Chapter 12 in Reimagining the Gendering of Sport, 2025, pp 158-161 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: “Did you hear about the little girl on the boys’ soccer team?” I didn’t just hear about her, I was her. Most of my childhood was spent on soccer fields, gasping for air as I tried to keep up with the boys. However, I should have saved my breath because my body was never built to play with those boys, and females should never have to withstand the sexism received in male-dominated sports.

Keywords: Girls; Girls in sport; Soccer; Sexism; Discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035310203
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