Men, Women and Gender Boundaries in Sports

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Men, Women and Gender Boundaries in Sports

Today, we are seeing many changes in regard to gender and its place in the athletic world. More than ever, men and women are crossing "gender boundaries" and entering a non-traditional sport for their sex. Of course this boundary crossing is significant culturally and socially as it challenges conventional view of male and female characteristics and roles. When altering a customary view of gender in a society, there are both costs and benefits to that society. This paper will discuss the costs and benefits to a traditionally male-centered culture when women and men cross gender lines in sport, and provide examples of different sports in which gender lines are being erased.

Allowing men and women to play a sport regardless of what sex tradition relegates to that particular sport is an important idea in the world today. We are entering an age in which emphasis is put on equality and human rights. As technology continues to make the world seem smaller and smaller, bringing the international community together in ways not possible befor...

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