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Women in sports

Matthew J. Taylor, John T. Nanney, Desiree Z. Welch and Rachel A. Wamser-Nanney (Missouri): The Impact of Sports Participation on Female Gang Involvement and Delinquency. Aloys Prinz, Steffen Bollacke, Bjorn Bunger, Martin Langen, and Maik Roesler (Muenster): Who’s Afraid of Women's Football? Gender Inequality and Football Success. Why does Hope Solo get punished for things male athletes do all the time? How an “indecent” outfit revolutionized women’s tennis: An excerpt from Love Game: A History of Tennis, From Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon by Elizabeth Wilson. Kelly Faircloth interviews Erica Westly, author of Fastpitch: The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made the Game. Do female athletes get stiffed by the sports industry? The Olympics brought a moment of equality to women in sports, but don’t expect it to last. Is gender segregation in sports necessary? Kelly Dittmar on why seeing women slay matters.