Women in boxing

negotiations of masculinities and femininities in the gym

Authors

  • Flavio Py Mariante Neto Professor Adjunto do Curso de Educação Física da Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA). Canoas/RS. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3240-9914
  • Ileana Wenetz Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo (UFES). Centro de Educação Física e Desportos (CEFD), Vitória/ES https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3905-1900

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.111694

Keywords:

Women. Boxing. Masculinity. Femininity.

Abstract

We seek to highlight how traditional notions of masculinity and femininity (and heterosexism) affect the practice. To this end and through an ethnographic study carried out in a gym, we reflect on the participation of women in boxing lessons, identifying the differences between the practice of men and women. We observed a "naturalization" of what is traditionally considered as male (masculinity, aggressiveness, etc.) and as female (restraint, sensitivity, etc.), but which nevertheless are reconfigured. The results were organized into three categories: about the practice in the space of the academy; about gender separation; and about the crossing of gender boundaries, which is when the woman, for objectives related to the fight, tends to be masculinized. he meanings attributed to the practice of boxing are also tensioned, in which the athletes' own sexuality is questioned, marking here heterosexuality as the norm.

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Author Biographies

Flavio Py Mariante Neto, Professor Adjunto do Curso de Educação Física da Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA). Canoas/RS.

Possui Graduação em Educação Física pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Mestrado em ciências do movimento humano (UFRGS). Doutorado em ciências do Movimento humano (UFRGS). Participou do grupo de Estudos socioculturais em Educação Física (GESEF-UFRGS) entre 2007 e 2016. Professor adjunto da Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA) desde 2016. 

Ileana Wenetz, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo (UFES). Centro de Educação Física e Desportos (CEFD), Vitória/ES

Licenciada em Educação Física pela Facultad de Educación y Salud (FES/IPEF) Argentina. Especialista em Pedagogia do Corpo e da Saúde pela EsEF/UFRGS. Mestre e Doutora em Ciências do Movimento Humano pela EsEF/UFRGS. Pós-doutora no Programa Interdisciplinar de Ciências Humanas da UFSC. Professora Adjunta do Departamento Ginástica do Centro de Educação Física e Deportes da Universidade Federal de Espirito Santo (UFES). Professora da Pós-graduação em Psicologia Institucional (UFES). Participante do Laboratório de Estudos em Educação Física (LESEF) da UFES e participante do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Sexualidade (GEPSS).

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Published

2022-02-05

How to Cite

MARIANTE NETO, F. P.; WENETZ, I. Women in boxing: negotiations of masculinities and femininities in the gym. Movimento, [S. l.], v. 28, p. e28004, 2022. DOI: 10.22456/1982-8918.111694. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/article/view/111694. Acesso em: 24 jun. 2025.

Issue

v. 28, jan./dez. 2022

Section

Original Articles

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