title: Gender and competitive motivation: from the recreation center to the Olympic arena.
abstract: Gender makes a difference; we do gender in sport. Gender is a pervasive social force in society, and the sport world reflects society's gender hierarchy in the extreme. Gender is so ingrained in our sport structure and practice that we cannot simply treat all athletes the same. Nor can we assume that male and female athletes are dichotomous opposites, and treat all males one way and all females another way. Biology is part of the mix, but biology is not destiny. Gender is a dynamic, social influence that varies with the individual, situation, and time.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Gill
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D005783:Gender Identity; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010806:Physical Education and Training / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D011585:Psychology, Applied / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012938:Social Perception; D013177:Sports / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States