Power and Play: Gender and Sexuality Issues in Sport and Physical Activity

Abstract

This exploration of gender and sexuality issues in sport identifies barriers to female participation that still remain despite the widely legislated equality of access to sport and physical activity. Various forms of sexual harassment, homophobia and abuse experienced by girls and women in sport and recreational contexts pose formidable barriers both to full female participation and to women's potential to develop and define sport in woman-centered terms.

Cultural Diversity and Leisure: Experiences of Women in Australia

“…The research sought to locate women's leisure in a wider sociocultural context and concurrently provide an examination of intersecting statuses held by women of various marginalised groups (Lenskyj, 1990). Listening to women from culturally diverse backgrounds in Australia speak about their leisure experiences, suggests that the conclusion drawn by Tirone and Pedlar (2000) from their Canadian study has resonance in other countries.…”

Perspectives of Women College Athletes on Sport and Gender

“…Because hegemony requires consent for domination by the subordinate groups, it makes sense that the way it is, is not the way it has to be, and relationships can change. If, despite cultural and structural changes, sport has continued to "belong to men" Bryson 1987;Hargreaves 1986;Lenskyj 1990;Messner 1988Messner , 1990Messner , 1998Messner and Sabo 1990;Snyder and Spreitzer 1983), the need for further investigation regarding sport for women is evident. Understanding the changing culture and the quest for legitimacy within the realm of female sport is a challenge that prompts one to move beyond a reliance on past perspectives that viewed women simply as the oppressed.…”

Identitet i uticaj igrača Muslimanki u nastavi fizičkog vaspitanja u Engleskoj

“…Važno je razmotriti da li se iskustva muslimanki bitno razlikuju od rodne nejednakosti, za koju je utvrđeno da postoji u okviru nastave fizičkog vaspitanja (Hargreaves, 1994;Lenskyj, 1990;Scraton 1992, Talbot, 1993. Kako bi se podstaklo uključivanje, nastavni plan i program u Engleskoj promoviše shvatanje da je fizičko vaspitanje sastavni dio razvoja društvenih vještina koje omogućavaju učenicima da postanu članovi svoje kulturne zajednice (Skidmore, 2004).…”