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The Negotiation Of Gender And Athleticism By Women Athletes, Erica Nicolien Kitchen
The Negotiation Of Gender And Athleticism By Women Athletes, Erica Nicolien Kitchen
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses
Despite significant improvements in the last thirty years, the sporting world remains a masculine domain. Women athletes continue to face inequalities and criticism for crossing traditional gender lines. This study, which was grounded in Foucauldian, postmodern and social constructionist theories and a third wave feminist perspective, examines how women athletes understand gender and how gender, athleticism and body image intersect for them. Eleven women in various stages of their athletic careers participated in in-depth interviews. Women and girls are influenced to participate in sport by family and friends, have local role models, and value the social aspect of sport. They …
"Mother May I? Food, Power And Control In Mothers And Daughters", Lisa Joy Borello
"Mother May I? Food, Power And Control In Mothers And Daughters", Lisa Joy Borello
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses
Fourteen women in the United States were interviewed to determine the role mothers played in shaping their daughters’ attitudes toward their bodies and eating, and the extent to which women negotiated the messages they received from their family and larger culture concerning weight and appearance. Results of this study complicated existing theories concerning the factors that most influence women’s self-esteem and body image. The results demonstrated that the women within this sample engaged in a variety of disordered eating patterns, but did not recognize their own actions as out-of-the-ordinary; rather they re-produced familial and cultural messages about women’s “normative body …