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Female Bodybuilding
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Female Bodybuilding
The social, psychological and gender issues related to the prejudice against women bodybuilders.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
10 sources |
1991
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"In order to examine the sociological gender issues inherent in women's bodybuilding, it is necessary to use the concepts of "sport" and "woman" as symbolically-loaded social constructs. The most useful paradigm for a clear analysis of the masculine and "feminine" connotations of each is that of androgyny, both on a cultural and on an individual level.Felsher (1982) and Postow (1982) argue that sport is a "masculine" social institution revolving around the inculcation and glorification of traditionally male traits and values, such as power, aggression, and competition. Felsher and Postow also agree that when sport is conceptualized in this genderized way, it is not surprising that female participation is considered aberrant and socially unacceptable. The social construct of femininity involves all the qualities antithetical to masculine..."
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