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A CRITICAL REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON SOCIAL PRECURSORS AFFECTING WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS.
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Author(s):
MS. SAHIL, DR. RAJESH DHAUTA
Vol - 7, Issue- 10 ,
Page(s) : 231 - 236
(2016 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH
Abstract
Society expects males and females to adopt, believe in, and fulfil specific gender roles and stereotypes that have been established. Males are expected to be strong, independent, and athletic, whereas females are expected to be quiet, obedient, attractive nurturers. Society demands compliance to the enforced gender order. When these gender norms are violated, it is common for labels to be given , questions to be asked (“Are you sure that is not a boy in the net?”), and people to be ridiculed (“a girl playing football – what a butch”). While “traditional” gender stereotypes have remained fairly constant over the past few centuries, they have also been challenged and confronted by many women and feminists.
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