Sport and Violence Against Women by Walter DeKeseredy, Leah O... - 9781487555504

University of Toronto Press

Sport and Violence Against WomenResearch, Theory, and Policy\nAuthor(s): Walter DeKeseredy, Leah Oldham, Martin D. Schwartz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487555504, 978-1487555504\nSynopsis\nSport and Violence Against Women offers an incisive examination of violence against women in the world of athletics. \nDrawing on decades of award-winning sociological research, authors Walter S. DeKeseredy, Martin D. Schwartz, and Leah Oldham provide an accessible yet rigorous analysis that bridges empirical evidence, theoretical frameworks, and policy considerations. The book confronts urgent questions, exploring why elite, amateur, and professional sports often serve as strongholds for rape culture, misogyny, and abuse; the roles of male athletes, coaches, and authority figures in perpetuating physical, sexual, psychological, and economic violence against women and girls; and how a culture of toxic masculi.