APA 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ethel Catherwood, Consumerism, 1900 Summer Olympics

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: APA 2302
• Professor: Eileen O' Connor

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Masculinity and femininity are socially constructed categories that elaborate upon biological sex differences. Gender is not fixed in nature; throughout history, sport was used to maintain and challenge dominant definitions. Historically, sport was a site for celebrating traditional ideas about masculinity. Mi(cid:272)helle: (cid:862)the (cid:271)od(cid:455) is a site of po(cid:449)e(cid:396)ful (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ships(cid:863) Women discouraged from participation in sports based on strong belief in maternalism: separate sphere ideology. Ideas of domesticity, piety, submissiveness prevailed: e. g. making clothes, food, cleaning, raising children (ensuring good care, piety: being religious, submissive: a patriarchal world in society. Socio-economic class great shift of workers, women going to college and university by the end of the century. Fashion middle class women had to convey their class and status through their clothing. By the end of century, we see active wear corsets. Fear of overworked, exhausted body and harm to reproductive capacities. Fea(cid:396) of (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d f(cid:396)eedo(cid:373) if pe(cid:396)(cid:373)itted to ride horse or bicycle without supervision.