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Femininity and the Physically Active Woman (Hardcover)
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Femininity and the Physically Active Woman (Hardcover)
Series: Women and Psychology
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The fitness boom of the last two decades has led to many people
incorporating exercise into their lifestyles through activities
such as jogging and aerobics. However, whilst many physical and
psychological health benefits have been documented, far too few
people actually take part in enough exercise to glean significant
improvements, and this is much more a problem for women than men.
Femininity and the Physically Active Woman explores one reason many
women offer for their lack of involvement in sport and exercise -
that they are not the 'sporty' type. Precilla Y.L. Choi argues that
the 'sporty' type is masculine, and to determine how this notion
might affect women's self-perceptions, she critically examines the
experiences of women athletes, bodybuilders, recreational
exercisers and girls' physical education. What emerges is the
importance of visible differences between women and men, in terms
of muscularity, strength and agility in order to maintain the
gender order. Thus, if a girl or woman wishes to play the masculine
game of sport she must do so in conformity with a number of
patriarchal rules which ensure she is first and foremost recognised
as a heterosexual feminine being. Contributing to a psychology of
the physically active woman by examining women's experiences from
critical feminist and gendered perspectives, Femininity and the
Physically Active Woman will be of great interest to students,
researchers, practitioners and teachers from a range of
disciplines. Precilla Y.L. Choi is the British Association for the
Advancement of Science's Joseph Lister Lecturer for 2000. She has
co-edited, with Paula Nicolson, Female Sexuality (Prentice Hall).
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