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They analyzed four different sports magazines for three months and recorded the number of women's sports stories that were featured and the content of the stories. Women's sports made up 3.5%, compared to the 81% of men's coverage. The lengths of these articles were 25–27% shorter than the length of men's articles. [202]
1974 – The Women's Sports Foundation was created by Billie Jean King in America. It is "a charitable educational organization dedicated to increasing the participation of girls and women in sports and fitness and creating an educated public that supports gender equity in sport."
AP. Aly Raisman, only 22 years old, is considered the "grandma" of the team because of her old age in comparison to her teammates. The young women range in ages from 16 to 22. "We were joking, I ...
Sports Illustrated Women (previously called Sports Illustrated for Women) and also known as SI Women, was a bimonthly sports magazine covering (according to its statement of purpose) "the sports that women play and what they want to follow", from basketball to tennis, soccer to volleyball, field hockey to ice hockey and figure skating and more.
Image credits: Weird, Fantastic and Odd Things #7. The Akhal-Teke is probably the most beautiful horse breed in existence. Apart from their breathtaking metallic sheen (lending them their nickname ...
Underwood Archives/Getty Images. It's a nightmare-inducing feat for most teens in physical education (been there), but believe it or not, the activity was an official Olympic sport in 1896, 1904 ...
womenSports magazine was the first magazine dedicated to women in sports. It was launched in close conjunction with Billie Jean King's Women's Sports Foundation and each issue of the magazine contained a two-page article written by the executive director of the Foundation. It was started soon after Billie Jean's win at the Battle of the Sexes.
A 2021 white paper for YouGov surveyed reasons why viewers around the world don't engage with women’s sports as much. The top reasons given were: "less media coverage," "lack of knowledge of ...