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”Ute på djupt vatten i det här feministiska …”: En fenomenologisk undersökning av feministiska mäns erfarenheter av att träna
Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies.
2017 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

This essay explores men´s relationship to training through a phenomenological understanding of bodily comfort and orientation. This is done by a survey performed with three men who identified themselves as feminist and continuingly exercise their bodies. The phenomenological understanding is then broadened by coupling the men's experiences to contemporary research on masculinity. By employing theories surrounding Sara Ahmed's view on phenomenology and Raewyn Connell's hegemonic masculinity, the essay shows that the men's bodily comfort and orientation is affected by the fact that they exercise. Through their training they construct bodies that in some aspects correlates with the conception of being in form, being fit. It also correlates with normative conceptions of masculine bodies. The conception of the fit body and masculinity is also explored through a view on norms of society. The feeling of incorporating social norms increases the men's bodily comfort, and give them a sense of being in control of their bodies. That they identified as feminist shows that they have an ambivalent relationship to their practitioner.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2017. , p. 40
Keywords [sv]
phenomenology, hegemonic masculinity, bodily comfort, orientation, men´s bodies, feminism, ambivalence
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Gender Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-32917OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-32917DiVA, id: diva2:1113200
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Gender Studies
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2017-06-22 Created: 2017-06-21 Last updated: 2017-06-22Bibliographically approved

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