Schools are institutions that produce and reproduce the meanings society has given to the construction of the body. Adolescent girls try to navigate the physical changes that occur within their bodies and compare themselves to their peers and the socially constructed idealized female body. Girls lack of knowledge about their own bodies combined with power influences challenge girls ability to understand their embodied selves. These issues are magnified in physical education due to the public nature of the environment, where students bodies are on display and can be surveyed and judged by...
Schools are institutions that produce and reproduce the meanings society has given to the construction of the body. Adolescent girls try to na...