The increasing of athleticness and the domination of male qualities in women's sports

Abstract

Abstract. Starting from the moment of the birth of the modern sports movement, where women did not compete, and their participation was widely discussed, and until now, when women's sports are a generally accepted and everyday phenomenon, the place of women in sports has undergone tremendous transformations. In 1900, the participation of women in competitions on the world stage was officially allowed. Gradually, female athletes debunked the myths of the time, and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics included 45% women and became the most gender-balanced games to date. Of course, daily training requires high physical and emotional effort from women. Emotional and physiological changes that occur in women in the process of playing sports are an actual direction of modern research, since the psycho-emotional component is an important component of building the training process. Despite the fact that many specialists are engaged in gender research in sports (Y. Shakhlina, 2006; 2010; Maers A. M., Lips H. M., 1978, C. S. Pawlowski, C. Ergler), psycho-emotional changes still remain an understudied area, which emphasizes the relevance of this work.