Salles-Costa Rosana, Heilborn Maria Luiza, Werneck Guilherme Loureiro, Faerstein Eduardo, Lopes Claudia S
Departamento de Nutrição Social e Aplicada, Instituto de Nutrição, Universidade Federal Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2003;19 Suppl 2:S325-33. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2003000800014. Epub 2004 Mar 8.
This article discusses the relationship between gender and the social construction of the body, specifically focusing on physical exercise during leisure time. The Pró-Saúde Project is a prospective study consisting of 4,030 employees of a university in Rio de Janeiro, in which we analyzed the answers on leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) by 3,740 participants. The results show a prevalence of males in LTPA. Age, schooling, and per capita family income were directly associated with exercise among women, as compared to per capita family among men. Men were more frequently involved in group sports and physical activities that required more strength than women, including football, tennis, volleyball, martial arts, jogging, and weight lifting. Women performed more individual physical activities and those demanding less strength, like walking, dance, gymnastics, and hydrogym. The results suggest that LTPA is a domain of daily life that is organized according to certain conventions, amongst which gender-related conceptions concerning the ideal body, where men and women display distinct behaviors in relation to physical exercise.
本文讨论了性别与身体的社会建构之间的关系，特别关注休闲时间的体育锻炼。健康促进项目是一项前瞻性研究，由里约热内卢一所大学的4030名员工组成，我们分析了3740名参与者关于休闲时间体育活动（LTPA）的回答。结果显示，参与休闲时间体育活动的男性居多。与男性的家庭人均收入相比，年龄、受教育程度和家庭人均收入与女性的锻炼直接相关。男性比女性更频繁地参与团体运动和需要更大力量的体育活动，包括足球、网球、排球、武术、慢跑和举重。女性进行更多的个人体育活动和力量需求较小的活动，如散步、舞蹈、体操和水中健身操。结果表明，休闲时间体育活动是日常生活的一个领域，它是根据某些惯例组织起来的，其中包括与理想身体相关的性别观念，男性和女性在体育锻炼方面表现出不同的行为。
