寻找本体论上的安全感:女性对肌肉力量的强烈追求

IF 8 2区 医学 Q1 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health Pub Date : 2021-09-09 DOI:10.1080/2159676X.2021.1969995
C. Edwards, G. Molnár, D. Tod
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具有高水平肌肉驱动(DFM)的女性可能会表现出非规范的身体欲望,因为她们对肌肉的承诺可能与西方社会对女性气质的期望相反。然而,人们对DFM水平高的女性的经历知之甚少。因此,我们探讨了高DFM女性的故事,并揭示了形成这种欲望的社会文化和个人影响。研究人员对10名在肌肉动力量表上得分极高的女性进行了深入的生活史访谈。参与者的故事集中在一系列早期的社会互动中,在这些互动中,他们暴露在关于女性气质的主流社会叙事中。因此,她们感到有压力要遵守与外表有关的当代性别规范。这种压力往往表现在她们的身体被认为不符合性别的情况下。参与者的叙述还表明,他们对自己的处境缺乏控制。反过来,参与者透露,他们产生了一种强烈的欲望,想要控制自己的处境,因此,他们的反应是“严格控制”,并按照性别期望塑造自己的身体。然而,通过一系列的问题时刻(如关系破裂),参与者的性别本体论安全变得不稳定。因此,这些干扰促使他们重新考虑他们与化身的关系及其与他们环境的联系。这种认识导致了以肌肉为中心的应对策略的出现,最终导致了高水平的DFM。研究结果显示,与男性相似,女性在这项研究中也使用肌肉来应对和处理生活事件。
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Searching for ontological security: women’s experiences leading to high drive for muscularity
ABSTRACT Women with high levels of drive for muscularity (DFM) may display what could be perceived as non-normative corporeal desires because their commitment to muscle may contrast Western societal expectations of femininity. Little, however, is known about women’s experiences with high levels of DFM. Thus, we explored the stories of women with high DFM and disclose the socio-cultural and personal influences shaping this desire. In-depth life-history interviews were undertaken with 10 females who had extreme scores on the Drive for Muscularity Scale. Participants’ stories focused on a set of early social interactions, in which they were exposed to dominant social narratives of femininity. As a result, they felt pressured to comply with contemporary appearance-related gender norms. Such pressures often manifested in situations where their body was perceived to be outside of gendered contours. Participants’ narratives also identified the lack of control they had over their circumstances. In turn, participants revealed that they developed a strong desire to gain control over their situation and, as a result, they responded by ‘tightly controlling’ and shaping their corporeal self as per gendered expectations. However, through a range of problematic moments (e.g. relationship breakdowns), participants’ gendered ontological security became unsettled. Consequently, these disruptions prompted them to reconsider their relationship to embodiment and its connection to their circumstances. This realisation led to the emergence of a muscularity-focused coping strategy eventually leading to high levels of DFM. Findings reveal that, similar to men, women in this study also use muscle to cope with and negotiate life events.
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