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Chapter 9: Buying What’s for Sale?: Running, Flirting, and Fashion at the Skirt Chaser 5k Race Series

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The Skirt Chaser 5k race, which ran from 2007 to 2014, uniquely gave women a 3-minute head start over male racers, reinforcing cultural norms with regard to male athletic superiority and heteronormativity.

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    Claire M. Williams

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Williams, C.M. (2021). Chapter 9: Buying What’s for Sale?: Running, Flirting, and Fashion at the Skirt Chaser 5k Race Series. In: Fuller, L.K. (eds) Sportswomen’s Apparel in the United States. New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45477-7_10

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