Shari Dworkin: 3 books
No Slam Dunk
Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
In just a few decades, sport has undergone a radical gender transformation. However, Cheryl Cooky and Michael A. Messner suggest that the progress toward gender equity in sports is far from complete. The continuing barriers to full and equal participation for young people, the far lower pay for most...
Men at Risk
Masculinity, Heterosexuality and HIV Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
Although the first AIDS cases were attributed to men having sex with men, over 70% of HIV infections worldwide are now estimated to occur through sex between women and men. In Men at Risk, Shari L. Dworkin argues that the centrality of heterosexual relationship dynamics to the transmission of HIV...
Body Panic
Gender, Health, and the Selling of Fitness
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Are you ripped? Do you need to work on your abs? Do you know your ideal body weight? Your body fat index? Increasingly, Americans are being sold on a fitness ideal - not just thin but toned, not just muscular but cut - that is harder and harder to reach. In Body Panic, Shari L. Dworkin and Faye Linda...