APA 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Femininity, Masculinity, Maternalism
19 Dec 2016
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Masculinity and femininity are socially constructed categories that elaborate upon biological sex differences. Gender is not fixed in nature, so people often use sports to dominate definitions. Historically, sport was a site for celebrating masculinity: female athletes were defined as invaders. Women discourages from participation in sports based on belief in maternalism. Medical, religious, class based discourses bicycle without supervision. Fear of overworked, exhausted body and harm to reproductive capacities. Medical debate amounst physicians on the dangers of sports. Fear of women"s independence and freedom if permitted to ride horse or. Rise of specialists on women"s bodies obgyn"s. Tensions between the general practioners and the obgyn"s. Strong support from the growing international women"s movement and. Girls are encorgaes to be active in the context of the development of physical. Examples of sports women were included in. Due to technology and the production of new types of smaller wheeled (cid:498)safety bikes(cid:499) cycling became possible and eventually accepted for women in.
