The Recreational Physical Activities of Spanish Women

A Sociological Study of Exercising for Fitness

Bibliographic Data

ID2379248
AuthorsAna Bunuel (Universidad Complutense dc Madrid, C/Ibiza, 52, 28009 Madrid / Spain, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume26
Issue3
Pages203-215
Publication date1991-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/101269029102600305
OpenAlexW2073194436
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited3

The accelerated process of social change which has been taking place in Spain over the past 15 years has also been reflected in the recreational physical activities of Spanish women. In addition to spending progressively more free time on sports, Spaniards have undergone the same change as other Western societies regarding their outlook towards their bodies, health, free time and recreational physical activities. In this article we see how the influence of these changes, in conjunction with such vestiges of tradition as sexual inequality and still-existing stereotypes connected with the sports world, has restricted the practice of physical fitness exercises mainly to women. Although open to accusations of creating a feminine 'ghetto', these physical activities have provided a new recreational model in keeping with the values of present-day society

Inequality · Physical activity · Physical fitness · Physical therapy · Political science · Recreation · Sociology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sports and Physical Education Studies · Sports, Gender, and Society

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