Charlene Weaving

Associate Professor, Human Kinetics St. Francis Xavier University

  • Antigonish NS

Leading researcher on gender and sport analysis

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Biography

Dr. Charlene Weaving researches gender and sport. Past projects include athletes and sexualization, gender construction in the MMA and UFC, and myths surrounding menstruation and pregnancy for athletes.

She teaches in the Human Kinetics Dept at STFX: Gender and Sport, Modern Olympics Games and Ethics in Sport.

Industry Expertise

Women
Sport - Amateur
Health and Wellness

Areas of Expertise

gender and sport
Hockey and gender
LFL
Beach volleyball
Olympics and ethics
Olymipc Games and gender
Olympic studies
UFC
MMA and gender
women's rugby
sexualization and athletes
sexism in sport
Hockey Wives
menstruation and sport
pregnancy and sport
ethics in sport
Sports Illustrated Swimusit Issue
Skiing
athletes posing nude

Accomplishments

Interntational Association for the Philosophy of Sport (IAPS) Service Award

Received this award in 2013, for significant contributions to the IAPS organization.

Faculty of Science Oustanding Teaching Award

In 2007, awarded the Faculty of Science Outstanding Teaching Award

Education

Western University

Ph.D.

Philosophy of Sport, Kinesiology

2005

Western University

MA

Philosophy of Sport, Kinesiology

2000

Acadia University

Bachelor of Kinesiology

Kinesiology

1999

Affiliations

  • President of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport (IAPS)

Media Appearances

Sexism running rampant at Rio Games

Sportsnet  online

2016-08-17

Analysis of the various examples of sexism found throughout the 2016 Games.

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Beach volleyball’s never ending joust over bikini uniforms

MacLeans  print

2016-08-12

Interview about the current state of women's Olympic beach volleyball uniform regulations.

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Conference Stickhandles gender roles

Daily Gleaner  print

2016-02-07

Interview after conference presentation on the docu-series Hockey Wives.

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Articles

Cheating, lying, and trying in recreational sports and leisure practices

Annals of Leisure Research

2017-02-03

Research publication examining the ethics of 'not trying' in recreation sport.

Examining 50 years of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.” Journal of Philosophy of Sport

Journal of Philosophy of Sport

2016-10-10

Research paper examining 50 years of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

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Core Workout: A Feminist Critique of Definitions, Hyperfemininity, and the Medicalization of Fitness

International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics

2016-10-21

Research article examining physical activity and the fitness trends and the extent of femininity and masculinity.

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