KNES 344 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Androgen Deficiency, Rugby Canada, Wesh
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Gender ideology, heternormativity, racial ideology all influence/ interact with girls, women, boys, men, trans, intersex persons. How do dominant ideas about masculinity, femininity experience their lives. Will talk a lot about power, privilege, and contestation. How do people challenge gender ideology and heteronormativity in sport and physical participation. Sport reproduces ideas that are produced in the larger context, and produces very specific ideas. Organized sport in particular considered to be last highly gendered, homophobic, biphobic, transphobic social space. Feminist theoretical perspectives: aim to identify where gender oppression comes from. Conservative approach: structure of sport is fine, just need more girls participating. Radical approach: sport system is flawed and we need to more beyond traditional ideas to make it a more equitable space. Girls are signing up for more sports in larger numbers. Close to 100 000 girls playing in canada. Verbal + emotional abuse when girls started playing masculine" sports.