Emotional Life of Families, Sociology of Sports, Women - United States, Discrimination in Sports, Success, Motivation & Self-Esteem, Sex Discrimination, Teenagers - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
The state of the teenage girl has been a hot topic of conversation lately, with pundits and psychologists ruminating on what happens to young women once they enter the purgatory that is adolescence. Can participation in sports help revive Ophelia? Jean Zimmerman and Gil Reavill think so, and in their new book, Raising Our Athletic Daughters, they talk with student-athletes and their parents about the ways that athletic participation can actually aid self-confidence and allow young women to flourish to their fullest potential.Editorials
Library Journal
Journalists Zimmerman (Tailspin: Women at War in the Wake of Tailhook, LJ 3/15/95) and husband Reavill paint a picture of the exploding growth and interest in women's sports. Girls are "jumping headlong" into sports both traditional (soccer, softball, basketball) and nontraditional (rugby, snowboarding). But simultaneously, signs remain that society still values female athleticism less than male athleticism. Citing many studies and anecdotal evidence that sports enhance girls' self-esteem, the authors express the fear that the unlevel playing field turns girls off in the critical teen years. Filled with inspirational stories of grass-roots programs and organizations filling gaps in girls' athletic lives, this book is a call to action to parents, as was Mary Pipher's much-heralded Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (LJ 4/1/94). For its inspirational value, this is recommended for all public libraries. -- Kathryn Ruffle, Coll. of New Caledonia Lib., Prince George, BCBook Details
Published
November 1, 1998
Publisher
New York : Doubleday, 1998.
Pages
254
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780385489591