Gender in the gym: Reproducing gender boundaries through working out
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2020-07-07
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In this ethnographic research, seven in-depth interviews have been analyzed to explore how gym members enact gender boundaries through working out at the Radboud Sports Centre. RSC members seem to enact gender boundaries in four ways: through viewing their bodies through a gender lens, which means that there is a clear difference between how men and women view their body. Secondly, they embody a gendered body ideal. The goals for their body are often in line with what is expected based on what the current body ideal is for their gender. Thirdly, RSC members have gendered expectations of working out. It are female participants that mainly perceive a difference in the way that men and women workout at the RSC. Lastly, by the gendering of gym space, which means that some areas are coded masculine and others as feminine. It seems hard to cross these boundaries. This study suggest several reasons behind these patterns, such as objectivation theory and evaluations concerns.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen