{"product_id":"fair-play-by-katie-barnes-9781250419286","title":"Fair Play","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor 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, college, and professionally has risen dramatically. In \u003cem\u003eFair Play\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs attitudes toward gender have shifted to embrace more fluidity in recent decades, sex continues to be viewed as a static binary that is easily determined: male or female. It is on the very idea of static sex that we have built an entire sporting apparatus. Now, that foundation is being hotly debated as a result of intense culture wars. Many transgender and intersex athletes, including a South African runner, a wrestler in Texas, a Connecticut track star, and a swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania, have captured the attention of law and policymakers who want to decide how and when they compete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWomen's sports, since their inception, have been seen as a separate class of competition that requires protection and rules for entry. But what are those rules, and who gets to make them? \u003cem\u003eFair Play\u003c\/em\u003e looks at all sides of the issue and presents a reasoned and much-needed solution that seeks to preserve opportunities for all going forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47900876865772,"sku":"9781250419286","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250419286-fair-play.jpg?v=1783434482","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/fair-play-by-katie-barnes-9781250419286","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}