GENDER INEQUALITY IN SPORT, THE "GUILT" OF BIOLOGY AND THE NEED FOR DISCURSIVE DECONSTRUCTION

GENDER INEQUALITY IN FORMULA 1, FOOTBALL AND RUGBY: DISCURSIVE DECONSTRUCTION

Authors

  • Carla Bertoncini Bachelor of Laws (1992) from the Toledo Education Institution - ITE, Master of Laws (2001) and Doctor of Laws (2011) from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (sub area of concentration Civil Law) - PUC. Is currently an adjunct professor of the stricto sensu post-graduation course (Master's Degree) and of the graduation course of the Law School of the Center of Applied Social Sciences of the State University of Northern Paraná - UENP, Campus de Jacarezinho and professor of Civil Law (Family and Succession Law) of the Integrated Colleges of Ourinhos (FIO). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4116-2431
  • Tayana Roberta Muniz Caldonazzo State University of Northern Paraná. Graduated in Law from the Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná (Uenp) - Jacarezinho campus. Is currently a Master's student in the Graduate Program in Legal Science at the State University of Northern Paraná (UENP). Area of Concentration: Theories of Justice: Justice and Exclusion. Research Line: Political Function of Law. Has a scholarship from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). Participates in the Research Group State Intervention in the Life of People. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8507-0689

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-6622.2021.56.10098

Keywords:

Substantial equality. Femininity. Football. Formula 1. Rugby.

Abstract

This is a study about gender inequality in sports, with an interdisciplinary bias between Constitutional Law in dialogue with Gender issues. The research is justified by the existence of discourses that tend to perpetuate gender inequality in the sports world. The objective is to demonstrate these discourses, from a bibliographic review, and the importance of deconstructing them. The following problem is studied: do gender inequalities in sports have biological bases or are they built from the reflexes of a patriarchal society? The hypothesis – wich was confirmed - is that there is a discourse - created in a context of a desire to maintain male power - that contributes to gender inequalities in the sports field. In this sense, there are statements of a supposed incapacity of women that would prevent them from participating in modalities, as well as other barriers to female inclusion, such as questions about their bodies that would run away from a pattern of femininity. For the development of the research, is analysed the ideal of equality is analised, gender issues in the sports universe, as well as entering specificities of sports such as football, rugby and Formula 1. The deductive method was used, in addition to bibliographic and electronic research in theses, books, dissertations, periodicals and news.

Author Biographies

Carla Bertoncini, Bachelor of Laws (1992) from the Toledo Education Institution - ITE, Master of Laws (2001) and Doctor of Laws (2011) from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (sub area of concentration Civil Law) - PUC. Is currently an adjunct professor of the stricto sensu post-graduation course (Master's Degree) and of the graduation course of the Law School of the Center of Applied Social Sciences of the State University of Northern Paraná - UENP, Campus de Jacarezinho and professor of Civil Law (Family and Succession Law) of the Integrated Colleges of Ourinhos (FIO).

Bachelor of Laws (1992) from the Toledo Education Institution - ITE, Master of Laws (2001) and Doctor of Laws (2011) from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (sub area of concentration Civil Law) - PUC. Is currently an adjunct professor of the stricto sensu post-graduation course (Master's Degree) and of the graduation course of the Law School of the Center of Applied Social Sciences of the State University of Northern Paraná - UENP, Campus de Jacarezinho and professor of Civil Law (Family and Succession Law) of the Integrated Faculties of Ourinhos (FIO), besides being a lawyer.

Tayana Roberta Muniz Caldonazzo, State University of Northern Paraná. Graduated in Law from the Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná (Uenp) - Jacarezinho campus. Is currently a Master's student in the Graduate Program in Legal Science at the State University of Northern Paraná (UENP). Area of Concentration: Theories of Justice: Justice and Exclusion. Research Line: Political Function of Law. Has a scholarship from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). Participates in the Research Group State Intervention in the Life of People.

Graduated in Law from the Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná (Uenp) - Jacarezinho campus. Is currently a Master's student in the Graduate Program in Legal Science at the State University of Northern Paraná (UENP). Area of Concentration: Theories of Justice: Justice and Exclusion. Research Line: Political Function of Law. Has a scholarship from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). Participates in the Research Group State Intervention in the Life of People. Curriculum lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9759779920993502.

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Published

2021-12-16

How to Cite

Bertoncini, C., & Caldonazzo, T. R. M. (2021). GENDER INEQUALITY IN SPORT, THE "GUILT" OF BIOLOGY AND THE NEED FOR DISCURSIVE DECONSTRUCTION: GENDER INEQUALITY IN FORMULA 1, FOOTBALL AND RUGBY: DISCURSIVE DECONSTRUCTION. Revista Direito Em Debate, 30(56), 26–41. https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-6622.2021.56.10098

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Vol. 30 No. 56 (2021): Revista Direito em Debate

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