ABSTRACT
In secondary schools in particular, physical education lessons are an important arena for the displaying and acting out of masculinity and femininity, particularly those forms which could be described as hypermasculine and hyperfeminine.1 In this chapter, I want to explore to what extent this is related to the ways bodies are used in PE lessons. I want to consider how the particular types of bodily use exemplified in PE, sports and fitness activities construct particular forms of masculinity and femininity within the activities themselves, and whether there is anything we can do to alter this situation.
