KINESIOL 3P03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hypermasculinity, Underweight, Double Bind
12 May 2016
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Gender order because men have more power then women; there is a hierarchy. Gendered imagery bodily ideals and stigmas are different amongst the genders; stigmas about large/obese bodies: idealized masculine bodies mesomorphy is considered the ideal male body, idealized female bodies slim is generally preferred in contemporary. Feminity is a performed spectacle some women have less work to do to perform feminity than others; example makeup. Movements are required to be fluid and graceful, take up less space vs. men who have been socialized to take up more space; shorter strides socialized phenomenon. Body modification is more common in women; including hair accessories, jewelry etc. Women gain power by working on their appearance do. The perks enjoying men doing things for you; it"s okay to enjoy, are you conscious of the reasoning why he"s doing these things; enjoyment helps to reproduce the gender order that men are more powerful than women. Fearful/unsure physicality: the double bind for female athletes:
