Płciowe porządki – granice płci w sporcie według koncepcji Mary Douglas
The gender order: gender boundaries in sport according to Mary Douglas’s theory

Summary/Abstract: The article, referring to the concept of Mary Douglas, presents various practices undertaken in thesports world to maintain the “purity” of gender boundaries. The first part focuses on the concept ofgender boundaries and the embodiment of these boundaries. Then, the concept of Mary Douglasand the possibility of its application for the analysis of gender order in sport is presented. The mainpart of the article presents the different types of sportswomen’s bodies, which can be perceived asabject (J. Kristeva), dangerous for the existing order and describes practices to deal with these abnormalbodies and restore the “purity” of the sports system.

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