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[An] electrifying debutThrough in-depth and compassionate reporting, Barnes breaks down the misunderstood science surrounding sex and gender that has been used to keep cisgender women out of sports and has fueled debate over trans athletes participation in women's sports.Shannon Carlin, TIME
magazine, 100 Must-Read Books of 2023

For decades women have been playing competitive sports, thanks in large part to the protective cover of Title IX. Since the passage of that law, the number of women participating in sports and the level of competition in high school and college and professionally, has risen dramatically. In Fair Play, award-winning journalist Katie Barnes traces the evolution of women's sports as a pastime and a political arena where equality and fairness have been fought over for generations.

As attitudes toward gender have shifted to embrace more fluidity in recent decades, sex continues to be viewed as a static binary that is easily

Fair Play

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    A Hardback by Katie Barnes

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 16 October 2023
      ISBN-13 9781250276629
      978-1250276629
      ISBN-10 1250276624
      Also in:
      Gender studies, gender groups Sociology: sport and leisure

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      [An] electrifying debutThrough in-depth and compassionate reporting, Barnes breaks down the misunderstood science surrounding sex and gender that has been used to keep cisgender women out of sports and has fueled debate over trans athletes participation in women's sports.Shannon Carlin, TIME
      magazine, 100 Must-Read Books of 2023

      For decades women have been playing competitive sports, thanks in large part to the protective cover of Title IX. Since the passage of that law, the number of women participating in sports and the level of competition in high school and college and professionally, has risen dramatically. In Fair Play, award-winning journalist Katie Barnes traces the evolution of women's sports as a pastime and a political arena where equality and fairness have been fought over for generations.

      As attitudes toward gender have shifted to embrace more fluidity in recent decades, sex continues to be viewed as a static binary that is easily

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