WGS354H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Talking Point, Femininity, Long Hair
26 May 2017
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From ribbon to wrist shot: an autoenthnography of (a)typical feminine sport development-reading. The generally accepted rule has been that girls participate in feminine sports and boys in. Many children have experienced gendered segregation in the world of sport. Using a foucauldian interpretation of the inhibiting and enabling characteristics of constraints. I question the ways in which femininity is commonly interpreted as being wholly inhibiting within the realm of sport. Auto ethnography, has been described as highly personalized accounts that draw upon the experiences of the author/ researcher for the purposes of extending sociological understanding . Autoethnography allows me, the author, to combine personal experiences and existing literature on the chosen subject, and to use it as a means of providing a sustained critique of gendered practices. Gender roles and the social construction of gender are two of the issues faced by women and girls when entering this conventionally male-dominated field.
