Consensus, Tensions, and Contradictions in the Articulation of Body, Health, and Gender in Physical Education Classes

This article seeks to explore the interrelation between "healthy bodies" and the social construction of the sexed body as it materializes in Physical Education classes, based on an analysis of observations and interviews. The objective is to examine the connections that teachers establish...

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Autor principal: Klein, Sebastian Martin
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Publicado: Subsecretaría de publicaciones. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. UBA 2025
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Physical Education
Body
Health
Gender
Educación Física
Cuerpo
Salud
Género
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spelling I28-R262-article-169352026-01-06T13:25:20Z Consensus, Tensions, and Contradictions in the Articulation of Body, Health, and Gender in Physical Education Classes Consensos, tensiones y contradicciones en la articulación entre cuerpo, salud y género en las clases de Educación Física Klein, Sebastian Martin Physical Education Body Health Gender Educación Física Cuerpo Salud Género This article seeks to explore the interrelation between "healthy bodies" and the social construction of the sexed body as it materializes in Physical Education classes, based on an analysis of observations and interviews. The objective is to examine the connections that teachers establish between "Physical Education" and "health," under the premise that any inquiry into this research object would be reductionist without an analysis of the role played by the sex-gender system. To this end, a unit of analysis was implemented, composed of Physical Education teachers at the secondary level of a privately managed educational institution in the City of Buenos Aires. The findings reveal that sport emerges as the most efficient means for developing the body and promoting healthy practices. However, both the sports practices themselves and the physical qualities derived from them, as well as teachers’ expectations, representations, and assessment methods, vary according to the students' genitality. The boundaries of "healthy bodies" lie at the edge of the social construction of the "sexed body," shaped by the cultural mandate of what a body "can" or "must" be or do. El artículo pretende indagar en torno a la interrelación entre los “cuerpos saludables” y la construcción social del cuerpo sexuado que se materializa en las clases de Educación Física a partir de un análisis de observaciones y entrevistas. Se propone analizar cuáles son los vínculos que establecen lxs docentes entre “Educación Física” y “salud”, con la premisa de que toda indagación por este objeto de investigación sería reduccionista sin un análisis en torno al lugar que ocupa el sistema sexo-género. Para ello se implementó una unidad de análisis constituida por lxs docentes del área curricular de Educación Física del nivel medio de una institución educativa de gestión privada de la CABA. Como resultado, el deporte apareció como el medio más eficiente para desarrollar el organismo y estimular prácticas saludables; sin embargo, tanto las prácticas deportivas en sí mismas, como así también las cualidades físicas que se derivan de ellas, las expectativas, las representaciones docentes y las modalidades de evaluación varían en función de la genitalidad del estudiantado. El límite de los “cuerpos saludables” está en la frontera de la construcción social del “cuerpo sexuado” en torno a la sentencia cultural de lo que “puede”, o debe, un cuerpo. Subsecretaría de publicaciones. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. UBA 2025-12-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/iice/article/view/16935 10.34096/iice.n58.16935 Revista del IICE; Núm. 58 (2025) 2451-5434 0327-7763 spa https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/iice/article/view/16935/15779 Derechos de autor 2025 Sebastian Martin Klein https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
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topic Physical Education
Body
Health
Gender
Educación Física
Cuerpo
Salud
Género
spellingShingle Physical Education
Body
Health
Gender
Educación Física
Cuerpo
Salud
Género
Klein, Sebastian Martin
Consensus, Tensions, and Contradictions in the Articulation of Body, Health, and Gender in Physical Education Classes
topic_facet Physical Education
Body
Health
Gender
Educación Física
Cuerpo
Salud
Género
author Klein, Sebastian Martin
author_facet Klein, Sebastian Martin
author_sort Klein, Sebastian Martin
title Consensus, Tensions, and Contradictions in the Articulation of Body, Health, and Gender in Physical Education Classes
title_short Consensus, Tensions, and Contradictions in the Articulation of Body, Health, and Gender in Physical Education Classes
title_full Consensus, Tensions, and Contradictions in the Articulation of Body, Health, and Gender in Physical Education Classes
title_fullStr Consensus, Tensions, and Contradictions in the Articulation of Body, Health, and Gender in Physical Education Classes
title_full_unstemmed Consensus, Tensions, and Contradictions in the Articulation of Body, Health, and Gender in Physical Education Classes
title_sort consensus, tensions, and contradictions in the articulation of body, health, and gender in physical education classes
description This article seeks to explore the interrelation between "healthy bodies" and the social construction of the sexed body as it materializes in Physical Education classes, based on an analysis of observations and interviews. The objective is to examine the connections that teachers establish between "Physical Education" and "health," under the premise that any inquiry into this research object would be reductionist without an analysis of the role played by the sex-gender system. To this end, a unit of analysis was implemented, composed of Physical Education teachers at the secondary level of a privately managed educational institution in the City of Buenos Aires. The findings reveal that sport emerges as the most efficient means for developing the body and promoting healthy practices. However, both the sports practices themselves and the physical qualities derived from them, as well as teachers’ expectations, representations, and assessment methods, vary according to the students' genitality. The boundaries of "healthy bodies" lie at the edge of the social construction of the "sexed body," shaped by the cultural mandate of what a body "can" or "must" be or do.
publisher Subsecretaría de publicaciones. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. UBA
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