“Joga a bola no meu pé”: percepções de atleta universitárias sobre as questões de gênero no futsal feminino

Abstract

Some transformations and evolution of women's futsal have been taking place over the years, which are part of the theme of this research, but mainly the issue of gender prejudice for the practice of this sport were contemplated. The objective of this work was to analyze the perception of university athletes about gender issues in women's Futsal. Due to the aforementioned objective, the present investigation is constituted as a Field Research, of an exploratory nature and with a qualitative approach. This is the Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT), more specifically the Tocantinópolis-TO campus, whose Physical Education students are generally more involved with sports. The results addressed a set of motivations and incentives (family and institutional), as well as a deplorable spectrum of prejudices that university students had (and have) to face in order to continue practicing a historically masculinized sport.