Separating the men from the moms: The making of adult gender segregation in youth sports

Gender and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-71

  Messner, Michael A ^a   Bozada Deas, Suzel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender ideology; Gender segregation; Youth sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149492474     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243208327363     Document Type: Article

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