THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OLYMPICS GAMES: OLYMPIC WOMEN

Abstract

This paper will review the history of women’s involvement in the Olympic Games, how gender is socially (re)constructed through these events, current issues facing women who compete at the Olympic/Paralympic level, and what social responsibility the Olympic movement might assume to improve the experiences of Olympic women in the future. Keywords: Pike, E. (2017). The social responsibility of the Olympic Games: Olympic women. Olimpianos–Journal of Olympic Studies.‏