KNES 287 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dutee Chand, Caster Semenya, Physical Culture
31 Oct 2017
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Module 2- topic a- sport, power and gender hierarchy: bodies and identities focus on a micro/individual level of analysis, focus on the ways that contemporary physical culture is lived and experienced. Theme 1: de-naturalizing/exploding sex and gender binaries: the active body not just a natural entity but a physical and social construct, active body is shaped by and shapes the social context and environment it is located in. Most of us are somewhere in the middle. The gender bonary gender is the cultural attributes contrieud to the different sexes. Traditional masculine bodies/identities are: leader, actor, aggressive, powerful, strong, calm, dominant, In earlier stages of societal evolution males gained their dominance through physical power, strength, aggression and violence (important for family structure), giving them authority over others. Transgender when the gender identiy does not correspond with biological sex assigned at birth. Gender identity does not correspond with biological sex assigned at birth. Live within the binary and not within the multiplicities.
