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Girl skateboarders love the sport – but risk sexual harassment and being labelled ‘posers’

By Carrie Paechter, Professor of Childhood, Youth and Family Life, Nottingham Trent University
Michael Keenan, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University
Because it is still assumed that young women with skateboards are ‘posers’ rather than skaters, they have to perform in order to prove themselves.The Conversation


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