Femininity and the physically active woman / Precilla Y.L. Choi.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-115) and index.

Part 1. The Gendered Nature of Sport and Exercise -- How Much Physical Activity do People Participate in? Why are Fewer Women than Men Physically Active? The 'sporty' Type -- Hegemonic Femininity -- Towards a Psychology of the Physically Active Woman -- Part 2. A Herstory of Sport -- Biology as Destiny -- Protecting Women as Mothers -- Questioning Biological Femaleness -- Feminine Appropriate Sports -- Fighting Women -- Questioning Femininity -- The 'Masculine' Girl -- Part 3. The Sporting Woman -- Sportswomen as Girls, Wives and Mothers -- Accommodation and Resistance -- Women's Magazines -- The Threat of the Lesbian Label -- Lesbian Athletes -- Performing Femininity -- Part 4. The Muscular Woman -- The Sport of Bodybuilding -- The Female Bodybuilding Competition -- Resistance or Compliance -- Flex Appeal -- Sex Appeal -- The Beauty and the Beast -- Part 5. The Exercising Woman -- Pursuing Beauty Through Exercise -- Beauty Equals Health -- Women's Imperfect Bodies -- Reducing the Body -- Body Dissatisfaction -- Self-objectification -- Feminine Appropriate Exercise -- Empowering Women -- Part 6. The Influence of the Sporty Type -- School Experiences -- Perceptions of Ability -- Negotiating Femininity and Physicality -- Predicting Exercise Behaviour -- A Theoretical Model of Activity Choice -- Part 7. Future Directions -- Alternative Sport Forms -- Redefining Health and Physical Activity -- Rethinking Gender.

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