Summary Of Lenskyj's Out Of Bounds

As a female athlete, I find myself sometimes taking sports for granted and the opportunities that are accessible to me. Although female sports have come a long way, some improvements still need to be made when compared to our male counterparts. Hence, I did not completely understand that less than a hundred years ago, women were not even allowed to play sports for fear of it damaging their reproductive organs. Today, society has accepted women's individual and team sports in many settings and different levels such as collegiate and international. The historical context that this book offers and its authentic references of the origins of women's sport in Canada and the United States enlightened my vision on the development that has transpired. It forced me to realize that the pioneers before me did not fight for girls like myself to not capitalize on the sporting opportunities that are present today. Comparatively, they did not have half of the opportunities that I do at this moment in time. Lenskyj delivered some strength and weaknesses in her book Out of Bounds: Women, Sport, and Sexuality (Italics) of the past medical and societal ideologies that I will carefully analyze.

The fundamental basis I gained from Lenskyj work was that women had faced …show more content…
Her work demonstrated how the ideas of women, sport, and sexuality were formed and how they have surpassed their time of limitations. She gave reasonable examples of women who just enjoy physical activity and athletes who had managed to break down many barriers that would prevent girls like me not to participate in sports and have countless opportunities today. I was able to carefully analyze the strengths and weaknesses of past medical and societal ideologies Lenskyj presented in her book Out of Bounds: Women, Sport, and Sexuality