16 October, 2006

Feminists on sports?

Does anyone know offhand if there are any feminists that have specifically dealt with issues relating to sports (and I don't mean necessarily the female athletes themselves getting paid less, less airtime, less sport options, but more... an actual analysis of what makes up sports)?

I think I'm phrasing myself badly, and I'm going to hit Google after dinner. But if anyone has links at hand or articles in mind, I'd love to see 'em.

Edit: Specifically, women participating in boxing. Yay in feminist books or nay? A little of both, I imagine, though it does seem to be skewed towards yay. What about other violent sports? Mixed-gender teams? Anyone?

Plato also enters into this somewhere. And yes, I have a point, it's just getting to it that I'm having the trouble with.