HKIN 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Sania Mirza, Plastic Surgery, Breast Implant
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Could a woman win a gold medal in the men"s" 100 meter . Because separate sex categories in sport: women are always compared to men"s standards, presents the notion that women are not biologically suited or capable, to avoid masculinization modify uniforms (beach volleyball, boxing). Burke argues that women athletes should refuse the ban on drugs: also create new transgressive ways of participating in sport, change athletic bodies of women to better fit with male sport. Talks about political theory called cyborg : production of counter-discourse by doping, women should reject emphasized femininity and embrace the cyborg-drug-taker. Women bodybuilders: freedom and power through muscle building, breast implants only implant allowed in competition. Zero tol- erance for implants in men"s competition: beauty, dress, cosmetic surgery, parading to accept muscula- ture, he argues that steroid use in female bodybuilders is not criti- cized for health reasons but for masculinization , burke"s overall argument; Ban on drugs maintain male dominance in sport.
