Open AccessUnderstanding the Gender Gap in Sports through a socio-environmental lens.
Author(s) -
Lano Mahmood
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of student research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2167-1907
DOI - 10.47611/jsrhs.v10i2.1490
Subject(s) - schema (genetic algorithms) , psychology , interpretation (philosophy) , biological sex , sport psychology , social psychology , environmental psychology , developmental psychology , sociology , computer science , machine learning , programming language
The issue of low levels of women’s participation in the sports has always been a key global issue. The discipline of sport psychology allows for a psychological interpretation of reasons to why this is the unfortunate case. The main focus in sport psychology lies upon the concepts of gender stereotyping. This research paper will explore the socio-environmental approach: through gender schema and parental involvement; and the biological approach: through the understanding of various concepts regarding hormones and evolution. Both these approaches help explain why this difference of participation levels exist between the two biological genders.