Gender In Sports

Question 1

3 rationales for exclusion of women in sport are:

Answer 1

1. Medical
2. Aesthetic
3. Social

Question 2

Explain the medical rationale:

Answer 2

Women are physiologically unsuited for sport and may be damaged

Question 3

Explain the aesthetic rationale:

Answer 3

Women engaging in sporting activity is an unattractive spectacle

Question 4

Explain the social rationale:

Answer 4

Qualities and behaviours associated with sport are contrary to ‘real’ femininity

Question 5

To explain gender evolution in sport, you must talk about…

Answer 5

Oasis, reflection, reproduction, resistance

Question 6

5 factors since 1960 leading to increase in women participation:

Answer 6

1. New opportunities
2. Health and fitness movement
3. Government legislation and equal rights policies
4. Global women’s rights movement
5. Increased media coverage of women’s sports

Question 7

Gender ideology is…

Answer 7

Rooted in society today.

Boy = dinosaurs
Girl = princesses

Question 8

Name an advert tackling gender stereotypes…

Answer 8

Dove - Like a Girl

Swedish National Women’s Football team

Question 9

What do Coakley and Pike say about gender and sport?

Answer 9

Sports are sites for reaffirming beliefs about male-female differences and valorising masc characteristics… BUT

Are also sites for challenging and revising gender ideology

Question 10

What are the main media emphasises on women’s sport?

Answer 10

Family life
Sexuality
NOT skills, performance or athletic ability

Question 11

UFC is an interesting case for gender in sport because?

Answer 11

Women compete on the same level and platform but is this only okay due to the potential sexual nature of girl on girl fighting?