Kinesiology 2250A/B Lecture 4: Unit 4 -- 2250
8 Dec 2017
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Case 9 -- newspaper from 1812 -- underlying assumption that girls are frail by definition (constitution) it dictates pa options for young women, said theres a health risk. Case 9 -- pierre de (cid:272)ou(cid:271)erti(cid:374): wo(cid:373)e(cid:374) should(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e allowed to parti(cid:272)ipate i(cid:374) oly(cid:373)pi(cid:272)s o(cid:374)ly (cid:272)lap and cheer on, women were used for procreation. The effects of social determinants are always open to contestation, the meanings and effects of social determinants can change -- and have changed over time. Concept: sex - biology // gender - social construction. Gender -- can be contested and changed over time and in different locations, therefore is a social construct. Historically contested ideas of what it takes to be masculine/manly or feminine/girly. Sex -- biological fact either (cid:373)ale or fe(cid:373)ale understandings of gender as outocomes of social construction gender roles: masculinity / femininity. Masculinity -- ideas, images and symbols traditionally defined as belonging to the male gender.
