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...