When Being Female Isn’t Feminine: Uta Pippig and the Menstrual Communication Taboo in Sports Journalism

• Elizabeth Arveda Kissling ^[1]
  1. [1] Eastern Washington University

     Eastern Washington University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Sociology of sport journal, ISSN 0741-1235, Vol. 16, Nº. 2, 1999, págs. 79-91
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this paper, I examine newspaper coverage of Uta Pippig’s 1996 Boston Marathon. Pippig won the Boston Marathon for the third time in a row, in spite of being slowed by menstrual cramps, heavy menstrual flow, and diarrhea. These obstacles and Pippig’s victory over them, as well as her competitors, received disparate treatment in newspaper coverage of the marathon. This coverage provides a rare look at how menstruation is constructed, and erased, in sports journalism.