Author: Tuti Scott

Building upon a 35-year career in women’s leadership, sports, and strategic consulting with her firm Changemaker Strategies, Tuti is focused on engaging people in philanthropy and investing to activate their capital with a social justice lens. As a life-long athlete, gender avenger, and point guard, Tuti and her team engaged thousands of activist donors at the Women’s Sports Foundation raising $70 million (1994-2008) to catalyze equal access to all sports for all women and girls. After growing up in rural New Hampshire and “jumping class,” Tuti’s story and publications inspire people to make money moves that matter.

Four Reasons Men’s Sports Are Not the Gold Standard

As women’s sports make progress (however slow), it is imperative to examine the crucial problems characteristic of the industry and decide what equality can look like. Is the male model of sports really the standard worth striving for?  What does a healthy sports culture look like and how can we foster that with the evolution of women’s sports?

Here are four reasons why men’s sports are not the gold standard—they’re the relic of a problematic past.