APA 1302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Heterosexuality, Association Football, Homophobia
22 Feb 2017
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Bc of sex inconsistent with scienti c evidence. Bc of gender restricts what we can do. Gender is not xed in nature, so people often use sports to maintain dominant de nitions. Sports often are sites for celebrating traditional ideas about masculinity. Sport images and language often glorify a heroic manhood based on being a warrior. When sports celebrate masculinity, female athletes often are de ned as invaders. Big, tough and powerful male athletes revered (historically) Structure of sport: links maleness to highly valuable and visible skills, male violence legitimized. Overall, men"s achievements in violent and aggressive sports evidence of men"s superiority of women (masculine dominance maintained through sport) Through history, myths have been used to discourage participation by girls and women (e. g. , physicians and educators) Females in certain sports may threaten traditional ideas about gender (e. g. , hockey, tackle football) Encouragement varies by sport, and whether the sport emphasizes grace or power.
