The Sociology of Sports
Though the social views of women changed during the 1960s and 1970s, societies influence on sport remains as a key element of the success of women in sport. Author Grant Jarvie (2012), researched the origins of bias within sports through his book, Sport, Culture, and Society, in which he discovered that the issue of gender bias lies within the ideas society has of the body. In the past the social view of women’s bodies was framed as frail and unable to perform in physical activity unlike men. This idea of the body containing a status of power initially separated the men and women in sports. To support this, assistant professor of sport management at Lynchburg College, Lindsay Pieper (2016), focused her study on the origins
Though the social views of women changed during the 1960s and 1970s, societies influence on sport remains as a key element of the success of women in sport. Author Grant Jarvie (2012), researched the origins of bias within sports through his book, Sport, Culture, and Society, in which he discovered that the issue of gender bias lies within the ideas society has of the body. In the past the social view of women’s bodies was framed as frail and unable to perform in physical activity unlike men. This idea of the body containing a status of power initially separated the men and women in sports. To support this, assistant professor of sport management at Lynchburg College, Lindsay Pieper (2016), focused her study on the origins