1. Our distance learning MSc Sports and Exercise Medicine and Sports Physiotherapy courses, for which I convene the Research Phase in which students complete a substantial research project
Our brilliant MSc Sports and Exercise Medicine and Sports Physiotherapy students recently submitted their Dissertations, so today I need to complete some admin related to this.
Always such a privilege to see them through to graduation🎓
Right, all done ✅
I'm going to make some coffee and then let's talk about gender, gendered myths and harmful stereotypes, and sports science research
So this afternoon, after doing the thread on gender & injury, I spent time finalising my presentation on the topic for Wednesday’s conference.
I also started a peer-review for @BJSM_BMJ and handled a paper as Associate Editor for @BMJOpenSEM
Then an exercise class tonight 💪
I’d normally move some research along, but #scicomm over here takes precedence this week
I think I’ll close out this thread for the day. Exciting things happening tomorrow that I’ll take you all along to 👏
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I want to address a narrative that we see around women’s sport and inclusion (particularly from those who seek to exclude trans women & women with sex variations from women’s sport), and how this narrative is part of a bigger pattern that functions to keep women small
2/n
I have been hearing more frequently the narrative that women's sport apparently exists as a 'protected category' so that women can win (because, on this account, without it no woman will ever win again)
3/n
This is:
a) *not* the reason why women's sport exists as a category,
and b) it is *not* true that no woman will ever win again.
This narrative is profoundly paternalistic and keeps women small.
I was born in South Africa, and grew up in Francistown, Botswana
Today Botswana has one of the world's fastest-growing economies, but it's history includes being colonised as a British Protectorate, gaining independence in 1966
I completed my undergraduate degree in Human Movement Science and honours degree in Sport Science at @UPTuks in Pretoria, South Africa
I'm Dr Sheree Bekker (she/her), a lecturer in the Department for Health @UniofBath
My (transdisciplinary) research contributes critical insights across a range of contemporary challenges in Sport Science, with a focus on injury prevention and safeguarding
My current research is focused on two key strands:
1) understanding the influence of gendered environments on sports injury, and 2) conceptualising gender inclusive sport
I want sport to be a safe space for all
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What this means is that I'm interested in how gender influences injury in sports for girls/women, including trans women, as well as non-binary and gender expansive people
I also work on how we make sport more inclusive for all