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74Mixed Competition and Mixed MessagesJournal of the Philosophy of Sport 41 (1): 65-77. 2014.A survey of the philosophy of sport literature reveals that arguments regarding the issue of sex segregation in athletics have been advanced from time to time, but there has been little sustained discussion, no consensus, and no change in existing practice. In this paper, an effort to advance the conversation, I begin with Jane English’s seminal 1978 article as a springboard and employ existing literature on the question of sex segregation in order to raise difficulties with English’s analysis a…Read more
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Christine Battersby, The Phenomenal Woman: Feminist Metaphysics and the Patterns of Identity Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 19 (4): 241-244. 1999.
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33Not Forgetting Sex: Simon on Gender EqualityJournal of the Philosophy of Sport 43 (1): 75-82. 2016.
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44Gender Roles RollSport, Ethics and Philosophy 7 (2): 245-258. 2013.Roller derby, once known for scripted theatricality that made it more like a stage play than a sport, has reinvented itself as a legitimate athletic endeavour. Since its rebirth as the Women's Flat Track Derby Association in the early 2000s, it has experienced exponential growth, from 30 flat track derby leagues in 2005 to more than 450 leagues in 2010. This translates to more than 15,000 skaters worldwide. Roller derby provides a unique case of a women's sport that is not derived from, or a dim…Read more
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41Racers, Pacers, Gender and Records: On the Meaning of Sport Competition and CompetitorsSport, Ethics and Philosophy 8 (2): 172-190. 2014.This paper examines footraces that are paced and unpaced, and runners who are pre-arranged, designated pacers and those who are not. Although pacesetting is commonplace in footraces today, the practice challenges our conception of sport competition, the nature of competitors and the meaning of records. For example, Bale calls paced races as ‘staged experiments’ to set world records and argues that pacers were crucial in the running career of Roger Bannister. In 2011, the International Associatio…Read more
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