UNI101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Homoeroticism, Voyeurism, Ideal Type
6 Jan 2014
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Gender segregation because of perception of huge difference in ability between men and women so there would be a disadvantage to women if men competed with them. For men the assumption in sports is that they"re straight and the assumption with women is that they"re not. Sport is often a site of reproducing this mythic masculine power. The bodies exemplified in sport serve as the ideal type of body young, muscular, powerful, impossible for most to achieve (training, skill, genetics) The origin of the stockholm consensus was to include trans bodies in a restrictive way so women wouldn"t be disadvantaged by competing against men. It really policed gender even more by creating even more rigid boundaries between men and women that were actually pretty arbitrary. There is a fear of men pretending to be women or turning into women to win gold medals. The advantage argument is ridiculous because your body is actually disadvantaged after a transition.
