SOCPSY 3B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canadian Human Rights Act, Movement Research, Hegemonic Masculinity
17 Oct 2017
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Gender and gender relations: central topic within sport, sport has been historically male dominated and women have been actively excluded. These sexist ideals are still persisting: two main areas of exploring gender relations and sport, fairness and equity. Concern with participation patterns, inequity in opportunities, support and jobs and strategies for achieving equality: ideology and power. For example, participation of women within sport (biggest change) Prominent with developing countries and to some extent in developing countries. 1: in canada, the report of the royal commission on the status of women (1970) Recommendation 77 and 78, has focused on school level and youth sport participation. Based on physical activity as well, not just sport: increase leisure time and resources to do so, enhanced by political action. For example, individual is white, thin, attractive and some amount of muscle which is desired more today: women are viewed as consumers.
