Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Subculture, Tomboy, The Literary Digest
4 Dec 2014
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From the muscle moll to the butch ballplayer: mannishness, Explores derivation of u. s female athlete sterotypes (1900s-1950) Females who took part in athletic engagements were originally viewed as heterosexuals. End of wwii: viewed as failed heterosexuals and mannish lesbians. Female lesbian athletes could encounter a vicinity of belonging. Literary digest article: will the playing fields one day be ruled by amazons? by. Women athletes as mannish, failed heterosexuals represent a thinly veiled reference to lesbianism in sport . Commentary typically uses lesbian innuendos rather than opening addressing the the popular topic of lesbians in sport. 1955 ebony magazine article: off track, girls are entirely feminine - addressing black women track stars. Not much attention paid to the direct relationship between the sport and the actual sexuality of the females. 1930s: lack of appeal to men, absence of heterosexual interest . Years after wwii: peak of lesbian athlete theory.
