The Taliban government prohibits Afghan women from entering parks or gyms, or even from leaving the house without a male guardian. Sources tell us that life under the outdoor ban is pushing many women to the brink.
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A New Program Aims to Close the Gender Gap in Sports Science Research
Emma Zimmerman /
Outside Magazine
Most studies on sports performance don’t include women. The team behind Stanford’s FASTR program is creating a new approach—and building a healthier culture for female athletes.
This photo captures a moment that will never come again: a gathering of the first three women to climb Mount Everest. Together, smiling. All are now gone.
Critiques about body size and type can not only cause physical and mental harm but also reinforce implicit gatekeeping in sports.
On Being a Woman Alone in the Woods
Blair Braverman /
Outside Magazine
“I hear over and over from other women, ‘I didn’t think I was the type of person that’s allowed to surf, or who has the capacity to surf, because of my body type. When you’ve been marginalized from a system you have to make your own space.”
Should Men and Women Race the Same Distance?
Martin Fritz Huber Martin Fritz Huber /
Outside Magazine
Several British stars, including Paula Radcliffe, recently spoke out against an initiative to equalize cross-country distances for male and female athletes. The debate is more complicated than it seems.
Don’t call them huntresses. “We hate that word,” says Rihana, marketing director for Mtn Ops, a company that sells nutritional supplements and clothing for hunters. “It’s too sexualized, like temptress or seductress. Why does everyone try to put us in our own category? We’re hunters”—like hikers are hikers and runners are runners.