Living the Paradox: Female Athletes Negotiate Femininity and Muscularity

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 315-329

  Krane, Vikki ^a   Choi, Precilla Y L ^b   Baird, Shannon M ^c   Aimar, Christine M ^a   Kauer, Kerrie J ^d  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Female athletes; Femininity; Muscularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742265472     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000018888.48437.4f     Document Type: Article

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