Playing to Win: Women's Sport, Equity and 'Battle of the Sexes'

An emerging women's movement collides with the male-dominated world of 1970s tennis in this re-enactment of the events surrounding the famous match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. As Luke Rodesiler outlines in this study guide, the film offers plenty of opportunities for investigating not only negative stereotypes about women's sport – past and present – but also the broader, ongoing gender inequity that exists outside its sphere.

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