The frailty myth : women approaching physical equality /
"The Frailty Myth presents new evidence that girls are weaned from the use of their bodies even before they begin school. By adolescence, their strength and aerobic powers have started to decline unless the girls are exercising vigorously - and most aren't. By sixteen, they have already lo...
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New York :
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c2000.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The frailty myth : |b women approaching physical equality / |c Colette Dowling. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Random House, |c c2000. | ||
| 300 | |a xxvii, 319 p. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 1. The Frailty Myth -- 2. The Incredible Shrinking Woman -- 3. Getting Them Out of the Doll Corner -- 4. Endangered Bodies -- 5. Can I Play?: The Struggle to Get into the Game -- 6. Closing the Strength Gap -- 7. Physical Equality: The Final Stage. | |
| 520 | 1 | |a "The Frailty Myth presents new evidence that girls are weaned from the use of their bodies even before they begin school. By adolescence, their strength and aerobic powers have started to decline unless the girls are exercising vigorously - and most aren't. By sixteen, they have already lost bone density and turned themselves into prime candidates for osteoporosis. They have also been deprived of motor stimulation that is essential for brain growth."--BOOK JACKET. | |
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