"The boys won't let us play:" fifth-grade mestizas challenge physical activity discourse at school.
Drawing on feminist, critical, and poststructural theories, the purpose of this research was: (a) to understand fifth-grade mestizas self-identified barriers to physical activity, and (b) to work with them to develop strategies for challenging these barriers. Data were collected over the 2005-06 school year. Our interpretations are divided into three sections: (a) the barriers the girls identified to their physical activity participation; (b) how we worked with them to study their primary self-identified barrier to physical activity--"the boy's won't let us play"; and (c) how we refocused our research to help the girls publicize their barrier to challenge the inequities in physical activity at their school.
Oliver
Kimberly L
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Department of Human Performance, Dance, and Recreation, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001, USA. koliver@nmsu.edu
Hamzeh
Manal
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D002648:Child; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011287:Prejudice; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011998:Recreation; D012574:Schools; D012737:Sex Factors; D013177:Sports; D013334:Students; D014481:United States