ABSTRACT
The gender issue has led to feminist stances which are now well documented. There appear to be two main approaches, 'equal opportunities' and 'antisexist'. The relationship between race and gender and the ensuing dilemmas and contradictions caused by accepting both equal opportunities and antisexist policies at the same time as accepting cultural norms of different ethnic/religious groups which are in conflict with those policies, are debated by Walkling and Brannigan, Troyna and Carrington and Haw. Brah and Minhas illustrate how race, gender and class inequalities are produced through the education system and society. Physical Education (PE) and sport is usually regarded as a sphere of activity where equality of opportunity and racial harmony exist, and the evidence is provided by the number of black children who do well in sport. The PE teachers in presenting an equal opportunities policy in leisure activities are hitting at what can be described as the sexist core of cultural tradition.
