Anthropological expertise of the current state of women’s professional sports

Abstract

The development of women’s sport is in line with the general trend of development of professional sport for which the main objective is not physical and spiritual perfection but athletic performance. The women’s movement for their rights gave birth to women’s sport, as a way to show that women are equal to men in all respects, including physical and volitional abilities. In the short term, women’s sport has acquired its infrastructure and technical specificity and become a relatively independent socio-cultural institution within the female gender. A woman’s body is seen as a means of achieving professional and social success. The idea of “success” is a fundamental principle of public life. Modern society does not encourage those values which could contribute to its health: kindness, neighborly charity, self-sacrifice, mercy; on the contrary, values which are harmful to public health and the health of an individual are fostered, they are: ability of pulling ahead, stiffness, aggressiveness, energetic work of sharp elbows. In professional sport such “values” are implemented in the most obvious way, despite the risks associated with the loss of health. The nearly irresolvable problems of women’s professional sports have been the use of doping, excessive athleticism, psychological masculinization of athletes, high mortality and disability of athletes. The ensuing discussion on the status and problems of women’s professional sports demonstrates the problematic and contradictory nature of its development. The philosophical analysis of sports based on the anthropological expertise of the current state of women’s professional sports and its prospects is essential. Research the current state of women’s professional sports has revealed a deep crisis of the deformation in the area of sport, which has displaced the spirit of honest competition, increased exploitation of athletes, physical and mental health is sacrificed to the record and the interests of the business.

Keywords:

women’s sport, professional sport, mass sport, anthropological expertise