Typology of gender resistance and defiance in Israeli gyms

Lev, Assaf; Hertzog, Esther

doi:10.1080/17430437.2017.1310203

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“…The clear gender divide in Israel among parents is not surprising due to mandatory army service resulting in gender inequality, which pervades everyday life (ibid). This reality can also take place in Israeli sport leisure activities (see: Lev and Hertzog, 2017 ; Hertzog and Lev, 2019 ).…”

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No Cutting Corners: The Effect of Parental Involvement on Youth Basketball Players in Israel

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This paper explores the nature of parental involvement in youth basketball in Israel with regard to parenting style and in the context of dilemmas and ethical issues. It is well established that parental involvement in their child’s sporting activity has vast implications on the child’s motivation and enjoyment. With reference to Israeli society, only a few studies have focused on this subject. In order to address this lacuna, we used two questionnaires, given to 173 youth basketball players (child questionnaire) and their parents (parent questionnaire). Key findings illustrate three main themes. First, a higher level of satisfaction and contentment among basketball players whose parents demonstrated greater involvement; second, that parental emotional involvement is the most important variable for young athletes’ satisfaction; and finally, differences in gender roles reveal that fathers are more involved with logistics, while mothers are more dominant in emotional involvement. Moreover, the findings demonstrate that parents should mainly place emphasis on emotional involvement. However, we suggest that parents do not bypass logistical care as this may create opportunities for greater emotional support and therefore greater child satisfaction.

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“…It is important to note that in the Israeli context, one predominant factor is mandatory army service, which plays a significant role in shaping citizens’ mentality ( Sasson-Levy and Lomsky-Feder, 2018 ) and influences leisure time physical activity and gender inequality ( Lev and Hertzog, 2017 ).…”

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“…As shown above, the differences between the gyms regarding the experiencing of DOMS indicate that while both gym goers invest time, energy, and resources on their bodies in order to gain bodily capital (Bourdieu 1984), the relatively older population in the north are more restrained and self-controlled. By contrast, the occurrence of the relatively younger gym goers in the center seeking the sensation of DOMS through more “reckless” means may be explained in part by studies that examine that, as opposed to older gym goers who are more motivated by health and well-being (Boulton-Lewis et al 2019), younger ones are more interested in being fit and bodily aesthetics (Lev and Hertzog 2017).…”

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“The Glorious Pain”: Attaining Pleasure and Gratification in Times of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) among Gym Goers

Lev

2022

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

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Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is a widely known phenomenon among gym goers. For many of them, experiencing DOMS the day after working out in the gym is often perceived as rewarding and something of which to brag and be proud. Although existing work within the biomedical field has undoubtedly shed light on coping with and managing DOMS, there remains little in-depth qualitative research on the gym goer’s lived experience regarding this phenomenon. Following Becker’s conceptual framework of using marihuana for pleasure, the article will examine the way gym goers learn to attain pleasure and gratification in times of DOMS through a process of reframing and socialization. Ethnographic research was conducted for two years in two gyms, using a combination of participant observation and semi-structured interviews. Findings illustrate three coherent stages a novice gym goer experiences while becoming an experienced gym goer and enjoying DOMS: (1) learning the proper “working-out” technique required to experience positive effects; (2) recognizing the effects of DOMS and their connection with the workout; and (3) enjoying the effects of DOMS caused by working out. Moreover, once gym goers manage to change the definition of negative sensations and interpret them as enjoyable, DOMS often becomes an indispensable experience that has to be religiously pursued. In this context, the audience in front of which the gym goers perform their DOMS serves as a “front region of behavior” for gaining social recognition by instrumentalizing their pain to strengthen and solidify their gym goer identity.

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“…A research study conducted by the authors in two gyms in Tel Aviv and in a suburb (Hertzog and Lev 2015; Lev and Hertzog 2017) demonstrated how an environment that encourages females to behave like “women” and males like “men” is constructed and sustained. However, the comparison between the two geographic sites unexpectedly revealed significant differences between them, in terms of gender dominance in the gym’s space and its implications on the behavior of men and women therein.…”

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Male Dominance under Threat: Machoism Confronts Female Defiance in Israeli Gyms

Hertzog

Lev

2019

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

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The article discusses macho culture in Israeli gyms. It describes male trainees’ efforts to preserve their dominance, facing female trainees’ threat to undermine it. The article analyzes means, such as military icons, physical battles, and vocal expressions, used to convey male dominance at the gym. Two gyms in the metropolis of Tel Aviv were studied by the male researcher for three years, and one suburban gym was studied by the female researcher for a year. Being researchers and trainees from both genders introduced a unique perspective of gender power relations at the gym. The different sociogeographic backgrounds of the studied gyms offered a refreshing understanding of the impact of specific circumstances on gender dominance. The analysis suggests that males’ hegemony can be threatened by potential women’s dominance, as the ethnography on the suburban gym reveals. Moreover, although men are struggling forcefully to preserve their dominance over “males’ territory” at the Tel Aviv gyms, women’s gradual penetration into the perceived masculine space destabilizes it.

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Typology of gender resistance and defiance in Israeli gyms

Cited by 10 publications

References 22 publications

No Cutting Corners: The Effect of Parental Involvement on Youth Basketball Players in Israel

No Cutting Corners: The Effect of Parental Involvement on Youth Basketball Players in Israel

“The Glorious Pain”: Attaining Pleasure and Gratification in Times of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) among Gym Goers

Male Dominance under Threat: Machoism Confronts Female Defiance in Israeli Gyms

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