... Sports and the Constructions of Masculinity, and I agree with his discussion on how gender is constructed, " people are not passively shaped by their social environment the construction of feminine gender identity ha[s] pointed out, girls and women are implicated in the construction of their own identities and personalities, both in terms of the ways that they participate in their own subordination ... and more powerful everyday. Elementary school remains one of the first places that expose children to the difference between the sexes. The school environment sets individuals up for eith...

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