title: Checking in: an analysis of the (lack of) body checking in women's ice hockey.
abstract: Despite the growing popularity of women's ice hockey in North America, players continue to face limitations because of the prohibition of body checking. In this paper we argue from a liberal feminist philosophical perspective that this prohibition reinforces existing traditional stereotypes of female athletes. Because the women's game does not incorporate checking, female ice hockey players are not afforded the same opportunity to flourish as men and experience bodily agency, which results in continued male domination of the game, therefore, indirectly reinforcing a gender hierarchy in hockey and society.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Kinetics St. Francis Xavier University , Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. cweaving@stfx.ca
authors.forename: Charlene
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weaving
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D056352:Athletes; D005260:Female; D057227:Femininity; D006688:Hockey; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D026706:Paternalism; D010684:Philosophy; D013240:Stereotyping; D014754:Violence; D014930:Women