Filed under: Happiness, Health, Ask a Fitness Expert
We’ve all heard that fat is a feminist issue, but how many of us have considered that physical activity is a feminist issue?
At the Exercise Psychology Unit, we do research on how best to get people more active and enjoy the benefits of physical activity. However, when I watch news coverage about recent natural disasters, I am reminded that access and opportunities to engage in physical activity and sport can be a taken-for-granted privilege that is not always available outside western countries. Sadly, I have learned that due to political, socio-economic, cultural and religious barriers, many girls and women who live in socio-economically-deprived regions that are war-torn, gender-oppressed, and racist, lack these very same opportunities to be active that we so readily enjoy.
Continue reading Getting in Shape is a Privilege: Sport for Women in the Developing World