Exercising gender study

My leisure activity is exercising. In this study, i researched genders and how much they exercise. 60% of the articles i found were about men exercising, and 40% were about women. Women are portrayed in the media to only exercise to look good and be healthy during and after their pregnancy, and men are portrayed to exercise to prevent harmful and dangerous falls in their old age, and to buff up and be confident and cocky and show off. Men are portrayed to be serious when they exercise and do really tough exercises, and women are portrayed to do light exercises like light weights and yoga and jogging. In this study, i learned that women and men are portrayed very differently by the media, and it may not always be true. I also learned that exercising is crucial during your old age and pregnancy.

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gender exercise study

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Gender Project--Storyboard

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Introduction:

Leisure Activity: Exercising

Prior to the study I thought that men mostly exercise.

I thought this because: (Think about your life experiences, and what has been told to you in life through the media, societal norms, or other influences)

1. Many women i know like to diet but dont exercise
2. Men i know like to exercise a lot
3. Many times men are more muscular and toned than most women i see  

Google:

In the news (Google searches)  I have seen men portrayed as: (in regards to my leisure activity)

Quote words, explain meaning

1. ‘All of the young men began a diet in which their daily calories were cut by about 40 percent’ An article had a vague title about exercising, and it ended up being all about men.
2. ‘Regular exercise reduces older men's risk of serious injuries from falls, a new study finds.’ The article talks about how older men can prevent falling and hurting theirselves, but older women can also have the same risk.
3. ‘Older men who exercise regularly are less likely to fall and hurt themselves, according to researchers at Yale University.’ This article talks about men and how its necessary for men to exercise in their old age, but not women.
4. “ Study: Men who exercised before eating burned up to 8% more fat

But women burned 22% more fat if they exercised after eating a meal. This is because men are muscly and carbohydrates is their preferred fuel” This article mostly talks about men exercising.

In the news (Google Searches)  I have seen women portrayed as (in regards to my leisure activity)

Quote words, explain meaning

1. ‘Pregnant women should exercise if at all possible to combat high blood pressure, excessive weight gain and oversized babies, London researchers say.’ Most  exercising articles about women are about exercising during their pregnancy, not generally.
2. ‘Young women of reproductive age are a high-risk group for sedentary behaviour.’ Women are supposed to exercise during their pregnancy to prevent sedentary behavior and men to improve their health to look better.

    3)  ‘So it’s commendable to advocate for women to be physically active after giving birth.’ This article is also mostly about women exercising before and after their pregnancy, not just for confidence or their wellbeing.

4)  ‘Pregnant women shouldnt be lazy and let themselves go - they should do weights.’ Most of the articles i searched up for women exercising are about them exercising solely for their pregnancy, before, during, and after.  

Out of the first 10 articles that appeared during the Google article search:

4/10 discussed mostly women participating in my leisure activity

6/10 discussed mostly men participating in my leisure activity

Analyze: I can make the following statements about the way gender is portrayed in the media in regards to my leisure activity.

1)Women exercise because theyre pregnant

2)men exercise to buff up, and look good

3) men should exercise in their old age to be healthier and reduce the risk of having a dangerous fall, but supposedly it doesnt work the same for women.

Google Image Search

Out of the images I looked at, the percentage of images showing women doing my leisure activity is 40%

Women were seen as: (in relation to your leisure activity)

1. Women are seen to only need to exercise when they’re pregnant
2. Women aren’t seen to exercise in their old age to prevent dangerous falls
3. Women arent seen to exercise to get toned

Here are examples to support my points (include at least 3 images-they should have been saved on a Google Drive document)

Out of the images I looked at, the percentage of images showing men doing my leisure activity is 60%

Men were seen as (in relation to your leisure activity)

1. men exercise to look more buff
2. men exercise to show off and be confident
3. men exercise to be healthy when theyre old and to not hurt themselves by falling and hurting theirselves

Here are examples to support my points (include at least 3 images-they should have been saved on a Google Drive document)

Analyze: I can make the following statements about the way gender is portrayed in images in regards to my leisure activity.

1. Women are seen to exercise to keep their baby healthy and look better when theyre pregnant
2. Men mostly exercise to gain confidence

3) Men mostly exercise to be healthy when theyre old.

Go Animate Script:

Hello, my name is Bibi and I will be telling you about my leisure activity, excercising.

**In the places that say this leisure activity you can fill in the name of your activity

Introduction:

• I picked this leisure activity because… exercising is fun and  healthy and you can do it anytime, anywhere.

• How does the neighborhood impact your leisure activity: (THINK: HOW DOES BEING IN NYC ALLOW YOU TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY DIFFERENTLY? IS THERE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN NYC THAT EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY DIFFERENTLY? HOW DO NEIGHBORHOODS EITHER ENCOURAGE OR DISCOURAGE THE ACTIVITY)
• 1) Being in NY allows me to experience exercising differently because its cold so  I'm more motivated to exercise to stay warm
• 2) in another neighborhood it might be easier because everyday things require a little more physical work.
• 3) most things in my neighborhood are very convenient so I’m lazy most times, and  dont feel like doing exercise.

• I hope the viewer will learn to do more exercise.

Interviews: Analyze audio from your interviews.

Must use 3 interviews!

• Pick best part of interview
• Best part can include favorite question asked or favorite answer received. (you cannot use the same person for these clips, you must use 3 different people)
• Write down the time of the clips you’d like to use (example: Liz/Samantha from 1:30-1:36)

Clip 1: Time __1:42-1:52___

• What is your interpretation of this interview? What does this interview mean to your study? I think that this shows how other teenagers view exercising and if they think exercise is as important as i do.

Clip 2: Time _____________________________

• What is your interpretation of this interview? What does this interview mean to your study? I learned that even everyone get lazy, and this helps defeat the stereotype that only teengers are lazy.

Clip 3: Time _____________________________

• What is your interpretation of this interview? What does this interview mean to your study? I learned that my neighborhood is very dangerous and it scares kids so much that they wouldn’t exercise outdoors.

Analyzation:

• What trends do you notice? most people are aware of the impact of not exercising but have certain excuses for not doing it
• Where did you do your interviews? What impact do you think this made? I did them in New York and a lot of times people don’t exercise much.
• What does the data from the interviews mean to you? it shows that people know what they should do but never get around to doing it.

Article (please go back to your blog post to get this information)

• Name of Article: unexpected benefits of exercising outdoors
• Author:
• Date of Article: march 25 2015
• Site: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/03/25/5-unexpected-benefits-exercising-outdoors.html

• Quote 1:  Outdoor participants also reported enjoying their workouts more and said they were more likely to repeat them than participants who were closed up behind a door.
• What does the quote mean to you? This shows me that something i do for fun  has good impacts.
• How does the quote relevant to your study of the impact of neighborhood on leisure? this shows that exercising outside in your neighborhood is not useless
• Quote 2: When you’re at the gym, it can sometimes feel like all eyes are on you. When you’re exercising in nature, the local wildlife doesn’t care about your struggle.
• What does the quote mean to you? its good because you feel better about yourself
• How does the quote relevant to your study of the impact of neighborhood on leisure? it persuades people to exercise outdoors and tells us how it makes us happier.

Closing:

• What did you learn by doing this study? (explain the link between neighborhood and your leisure activity)
• 1) i learned about the positive effects of outdoors exercising
• 2) i  learned that people procrastinate to do things they know is good for them.
• Why is leisure important in life? So you won't be overwhelmed with your life
• Why is leisure important to you? so i have a getaway that i use to get my mind of things and my leisure has positive long term effects on my health.

My experience of interviewing was fun and it was good to get to know others' opinions. I also liked to be able to ask her about her experiences and knowing a fellow teenagers' opinion on working out and being healthy, and comparing her opinions to mine. I thought it was fun to be able to watch her thought process and seeing how something that is important to me relates to another persons life. I learned that Karen also likes exercising and that being healthy is also a big part of her life as well. I also learned about what motivates her to exercise when she is lazy, and i relate to her response.

     I chose a  neighborhood in California because i love California and if i lived there i would definitely be at these places. The leisure items i chose reflects the neighborhood because the neighborhood i chose is more suburban and my leisure items are peaceful.

EXERCISE ARTICLE

     By annotating my article, I learned that many teenagers actually don't exercise that much and because of this many teens are unhealthy. Doctors used to think that teenagers had way more exercise than they actually do, from gym or everyday life. They made an experiment to test it, and turns out teenagers are only active for 23 minutes while at school. Teenagers spend about 40% of their time at school, but they dont exercise as much as anticipated by doctors and experts. 
     I think that this is helpful information because I know many teenagers who don't exercise at all, and this gives me more motivation to exercise every day even though I usually do. I'm more health conscious than i used to be but sometimes I'm lazy and don't want to exercise, but this helped me realize the effects it can have on me in the long run, and now when i don't want to exercise I'll think about this article and get up no matter how lazy I am feeling.