General Article Sing when you’re women: why it’s time to take female sports fans seriously

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Stacey Pope, Durham University

When it comes to sports, die-hard fans are often thought of as the men in the crowd. But my new research shows, that despite popular stereotypes of women lacking sporting knowledge or only being interested in the sexual attractiveness of (male) star players – fem...

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