We need to talk about manels: the problem of implicit gender bias in sport and exercise medicine
Br J Sports Med
.
2018 Oct;52(20):1287-1289.
doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099084.
Epub 2018 Mar 17.
Authors
Sheree Bekker
1
,
Osman H Ahmed
2
3
,
Ummukulthoum Bakare
4
5
,
Tracy A Blake
6
7
,
Alison M Brooks
8
,
Todd E Davenport
9
,
Luciana De Michelis Mendonça
10
,
Lauren V Fortington
11
,
Michael Himawan
12
,
Joanne L Kemp
13
,
Karen Litzy
12
,
Roland F Loh
14
,
James MacDonald
15
,
Carly D McKay
16
,
Andrea B Mosler
13
,
Margo Mountjoy
17
,
Ann Pederson
18
,
Melanie I Stefan
19
20
,
Emma Stokes
21
22
,
Amy J Vassallo
23
24
,
Jackie L Whittaker
25
Affiliations
1
Unaffiliated, South Africa.
2
Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.
3
The FA Centre for Disability Football Research, The Football Association, UK.
4
Physiotherapy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
5
Medical and Scientific Commission, Nigeria Olympic Committee, Lagos, Nigeria.
6
Department of Physiotherapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
7
Canadian Sport Institute Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
8
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
9
Department of Physical Therapy, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, USA.
10
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM), Diamantina, Brazil.
11
Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
12
Unaffiliated, USA.
13
La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
14
Kingston University London, London, UK.
15
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
16
Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
17
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
18
BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
19
Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
20
ZJU-UoE Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
21
World Confederation for Physical Therapy, London, UK.
22
Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
23
University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
24
Franklin Women, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
25
University of Alberta and Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
PMID:
29550755
DOI:
10.1136/bjsports-2018-099084
No abstract available
Keywords:
gender; gender issues; sports and exercise medicine; women; women in sport.
Publication types
Editorial
MeSH terms
Female
Humans
Male
Sexism*
Sports Medicine*