O corpo representado por mulheres atletas de Body Building

Abstract

This research has as objective identifies the representation of Body Building athletes feminine apprentices body. For so much, it was used the descriptive research of qualitative stamp that it was configured as one of the most appropriate methods to reach the proposed objectives, being adopted as instruments the study of theoretical referentials, interviews and observation. The sample was composed by 9 women athletes of Body Building, tend as inclusion criteria the following items: to demonstrate motivation and will to participate in the research and to participate or to have participated in official competitions in Brazil. There were also interviewed 1 biochemistry, 1 endocrinologist and 1 nutritionist for best to base this study. For treatment of the data it was utilized the content analysis, proposed by Bardin (2008). Among the women interviewed athletes, the medium age was 31 years. 1 single woman, 5 married, 3 divorced. 2 told their have children. The medium time of permanence in that sport was 6,33 years. Of the 9 interviewed athletes, 1 belong to the category Fitness, 2 to Body Fitness, 2 to Fisic and 4 to Figure. Through the interviews it was evident that for those athletes it is attributed to the body the main source of happiness and accomplishment, in that way the body is seen as the main source of those women’s life, and the same assumes the reward character, of prize and of social status, and that for that, they are willing the any exhibition type of programs of physical activity and the indiscriminate use of nourish lawful (alimentary supplements) and illicit (steroids anabolics), assuming risks to the health. It was visible the influence of the media in the popularization of the idealized body, what contributes so that the search for a body had as “perfect”, for that public, increase. Such resources, especially the anabolics, are the responsible so that woman`s body is more viriled, assuming manly aspects. It was concluded, therefore, that Body Building athletes represent their bodies as object susceptible to transformation and that is through it that they look for to conquer the full happiness. However, to they adopt such meaning, they take us to rethink the “body” just as it has been approached by the broadcastings, in propagandas an in programs attended by thousands of youths in search of beauty “ideal”.