Abstract
In the three decades since Title IX guaranteed equal opportunity for the sexes in educational athletic programs, women's involvement in high school and college sports has increased dramatically. Still, women lag behind men in participation rates, and more girls than boys drop out of sports during adolescence. Here, Scott and Derry describe "Women IN Their Bodies," a college-level interdisciplinary Women's Studies seminar that integrates traditional classroom techniques and experiential learning sessions to educate students about the ways in which bodily objectification and the social construction of femininity interfere with women's participation in sports and other activities that are beneficial for their physical learning objectives.