Gender and Corporal Movement Culture: Practices and Perceptions of Boys and Girls/Genero e cultura corporal de movimento: praticas e percepcoes de meninas e meninos

• Published in: Estudos feministas 2018-01, Vol.26 (1)
• Main Authors: Altmann, Helena, Ayoub, Eliana, Garcia, Emilia Fernandez, Rico, Elena Ramirez, Polydoro, Soely Aparecida Jorge
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• ISSN: 0104-026X
• DOI: 10.1590/1806-9584.2018v26n144074

This article presents the results and analyses of a study conducted with boys and girls in the 8th and 9th grades in one of the metropolitan regions around Sao Paulo state, Brazil. We identified their perceptions about their experiences doing physical activities and sports, the frequency that they practice those activities in/outside of school, their interest in relation to those activities, and finally their perspectives practicing those activities for pleasure, their physical competency, and social support. The investigation involved providing a survey with closed-ended questions to the students, and the final sample included 1,742 subjects from 39 schools. Gender proved to be a statistically significant marker in the results: inequalities in gender were favorable to boys in almost all the aspects evaluated, except regarding educator support, which was perceived to be equal. Keywords: Gender; Physical education; school; sport; physical activity. Este artigo apresenta os resultados e as analises de uma pesquisa com meninas e meninos dos 8o e 9o anos do ensino fundamental da regiao metropolitana de uma cidade brasileira. Identificaram-se suas percepcoes sobre as experiencias com as atividades fisicas e esportivas, a frequencia com que as praticam dentro e fora da escola, seus interesses em relacao a elas e suas percepcoes a respeito do prazer pela pratica, da competencia corporal e do apoio social. A investigacao aplicou questionarios fechados aos estudantes, e a amostra final contou com 1742 sujeitos, provenientes de 39 escolas. O genero mostrou-se um marcador de diferenca estatisticamente significativo nos resultados: as desigualdades de genero foram favoraveis aos meninos em quase todos os aspectos avaliados, exceto no apoio docente, que foi percebido de forma equanime. Palavras-chave: genero; educacao fisica; escola; esporte; atividade fisica.