SOCPSY 3B03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hazing, Media Consumption, Bsc Young Boys

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 3B03
• Professor: Meredith Griffin

Document Summary

Reasons for increased participation: new opportunities for women, equal rights legislation, women"s rights movement, health and fitness movement, increased media coverage. Issues in women"s sports: budget cuts, cosmetic fitness, homophobia, trivialization. Play fair documentary: stories of women who played sports when it was socially deviant. Sex testing, focus on women"s bodies rather than talents, maintenance of femininity. Males assumed to be naturally and biologically different than females. Privilege and influence are divided unevenly, negatively impacting both men and women. Policing the boundary - males more restrictive than females. Sports are sites for both reaffirming and challenging dominant gender ideology. Heteronormative discourse leads to homophobia, marginalization, self-hate. Homophobia affects sports in the following ways: avoidance of sports, de-emphasis of athletic identity off the field (for women), emphasis on heterosexual traits. Transgender issues: assumption that mtf"s have an advantage over other females, exclusion via binary divisions of teams, non inclusive legislation (post-op hormonal therapy required)