WGS354H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jane Fonda, The Body Beautiful, Effeminacy
31 Jan 2017
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The gym: a perfect place to research: a brief history of the gym, ancient greece to the gym and participate, little skill required. Bodies at the fore: a gendered space that does work to produce gender and sexuality. Picture: shows social aspect, all sorts of activities happening, also involves discussion. Return in 18th and 19th century: national concerns with effeminacy (these people were becoming too female, tried to go right to the root to teach children to become less effeminate) Physical education of children: 19th century, broadening and sophistication of the gym. Sculpting male bodies (superman masculinizing male bodies) Equipment focused on muscle building and toning. Historical and contemporary masculinity: (both are associated with. Popular conceptions of the gym are in transition: The gym always has and continues to be a masculine space. Judgement there(cid:495)s only right way to look at the gym. Sometimes it doesn(cid:495)t feel like a masculine space.
