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Sports and Femininity
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Sports and Femininity
An examination of the relationship between sports and the social construction of femininity.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
6 sources |
2006
Paper Summary:
For many centuries, since at least the time that the Greeks inaugurated the naked-men-only Olympics, sports were largely considered to be the domain of men. Sports were associated with power, strength, aggression, courage, assertiveness, competitiveness--and all of these attributes were considered natural to men, but unnatural in women, according to the strictly defined gender binary that dominated most societies, prescribing opposite (and supposedly complementary) roles for men and women. This paper discusses the historical view, held in most societies about women and sports, that athleticism in women was somehow unfeminine. The paper also looks at how this perspective changed in many countries during the 20th century.More papers on Sports and Femininity:
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Sports and Femininity (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 07, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Sports-and-Femininity/90540
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"Sports and Femininity" 15 January 2012. Web. 07 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Sports-and-Femininity/90540>
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