Women’s involvement in physical activity and sports was often limited due to medical rhetoric that associated women’s reproductive systems with weakness and fragility. What are some examples of this found in this week’s lecture and reading. What impact does this history of medical/reproductive barriers still have on girls and women today? These early held beliefs about human reproduction still influences our language today – “that person has balls” versus “that person is a pussy” has opposite meanings where the male reproductive system is associated with strength while the female reproductive system is associated with weakness. Are there other examples of how this thinking impacts our lives perhaps without us realizing it until now?
textbook reading – Schultz, Commercial Tampons and the Sportswoman 1836-52
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