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Derby Girls’ Parodic Self-Sexualizations: Autonomy, Articulacy and Ambiguity

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posted on 2021-12-06, 16:49 authored by Paul Davis, Lisa Edwards
When behaviours or character traits match sociocultural expectation, heteronomy is a natural suspicion. A further natural suspicion is that the behaviours or character traits are unhealthy for the agent or for objectives of social justice and liberation. Second Wave feminism therefore includes a robust narrative of unease about female self-sexualisation. Third Wave feminism has more upbeat narratives of the latter, in terms of confidence and empowerment. The preceding tension is refracted through cases such as Ronda Rousey and ‘derby girls’, as well as those of many less ostentatious women. It is argued that such self-sexualisation can be autonomous as opposed to heteronomous. It is argued, furthermore, that it is not a priori unhealthy for the agent and that autonomous female self-sexualisation admits of degrees of self-consciousness and articulacy. At the same time, such self-sexualisation takes place within gendered social structures, with consequences that legitimate the reinvocation of Second Wave motifs such as the commodification of female sexuality and the privileging of precise images of female sexuality.

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Published in

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Acceptance Date

2021-08-17

Publication Date

2021-08-17

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

Citation

Davis, P. and Edwards, L. (2021) 'Derby Girls’ Parodic Self-Sexualizations: Autonomy, Articulacy and Ambiguity', Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, pp.1-18. doi: 10.1080/17511321.2021.1965199

Print ISSN

1751-1321

Electronic ISSN

1751-133X

Cardiff Met Affiliation

  • Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences

Cardiff Met Authors

Lisa Edwards

Cardiff Met Research Centre/Group

  • Philosophy and Ethics in Sport

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  • © The Authors

Language

  • en

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