Abstract:

The aim of this study was to investigate the reasons of female athletes in masculine sports in Bursa and to investigate the effects of gender roles on sports branches. The universe of the study consists of 90 female athletes between 18-25 years of age who are interested in masculine sports branches. In the research, female athletes interested in masculine sports branches were applied BEM Gender Role Inventory combined with the questionnaire. Data collected in the study were analyzed using SPSS 18.0 program. One-way ANOVA and Crosstabs test were used to analyze the data. Age Reason in the survey questions and the reason for choosing the sport branch? In the Crosstabs (Chi-Square) test results, the total number of participants in the 14-17 age group is 44. According to the One Way Anova test results of the Bem Gender Role, the participants of the Gender Role play a significant difference in the masculine gender role group. According to the participants who were effective in getting started with sports gender, BEM Gender Role Score was found to be a significant difference in the masculine group when the effects of the participants on the gender roles were compared. As a matter of fact, the perception of sports branches as masculine and feminine is affected by the physical activities of the sport as well as the gender of the person participating in those sports.

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