This essay will be evaluating one social theory and looking at its effectiveness in contextualising the place of sport and physical education within society. The chosen theory that will be studied, will be Feminist theory. J. Coakley & E. Pike (2009) went on to explain that feminist theory has been established as something that you will need to have knowledge about social life, this then requires a different understanding of gender and gender relations. They then go on to say that feminist theory explains the different ways that women have been consistently degraded and oppressed within many societies, also they highlight that all women’s rights and their movement towards gender equity is essential for the world’s social development and evolution
