KINESIOL 4T03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Transitional Fossil, Canadian Olympic Committee, Human Female Sexuality
6 Apr 2017
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Feminist response against the lack of credible evidence supporting the notion that female are biologically inferior to men (p. 5) Women were not expected to participate in sport because it was feared that it might damage their child bearing abilities. Sports that were recommended were ones that could be performed gracefully, without sweating. 1972 canadian charter of rights and freedoms introduced was established to challenge discrimination. In this time, missing link was that women were absent from most textbooks and research system and should govern themselves. Applied courses that studies athletic performance tended to perceived gender as a biological determinant (p. 7) 1987 kari fasting argued that female sports women should operate in a separate sporting. Socio-cultural courses the views of biological difference were more up for debate . Compared the difference in physical capabilities between men and women problems associated with the idea of difference existed only for women.
