Gender and Sports Practice Test

The idea being tested is the link between women's rising power and how male sports audiences respond to that shift. In the material, Mariah Burton Nelson is cited as arguing that when women gain more power, men may gravitate toward sports that are framed as more masculine as a way to reaffirm traditional gender norms within sports culture. Nelson conducted work on women's sports and gender dynamics, exploring how media coverage, spectator interests, and the value placed on certain sports reflect broader power relations between men and women. This makes her the author associated with the claim about men favoring manly sports in response to women's increased power. The other figures listed—while influential in feminism and gender equality—are not the ones the material cites for this particular argument about sports and masculinity.