New York Times bestseller Good for a Girl, Life Running in a Man's World looks at the problems within the system of professional sport. Author: "The female body is different and our embodied experiences of moving through sport are setting us up for all of these inequitable and unequal experiences" In order to get to that last little bit of coaching equity or pay equity we need to address the fundamental issues at play starting from when puberty begins around age 12.
International Women's Week on Intelligence Squared. Equality is no longer enough, women need equity - that's the message of former US 5000m champion, Lauren Fleshman who joins us on this episode of the podcast to speak about the vital need for the world of sport to be reimagined for women. In conversation with host Sophie Penney, sports journalist for Reuters and The Athletic, Lauren looks back at her own career to examine the damaging mental and physical effects of young women being trained in line with the physiological development of a male body, the financial realities of being a professional female athlete, and what it means to be a successful athlete.
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