Author: Jaggard E.
Publisher: Routledge Ltd
ISSN: 0952-3367
Source: The International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol.18, Iss.4, 2001-12, pp. : 16-36
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Abstract
After more than half a century, opposition to the admission of women as patrolling members of Australia's surf lifesaving clubs was finally overcome in 1980. For many of those in an organization often described as an icon, and whose members exemplified features of national identity, the integration of women was unthinkable. Nevertheless, despite this opposition it was successfully implemented, not least because surf lifesaving recognised the need to adapt to a changing social environment. More importantly, although the decision had a political dimension, it also revealed several ways in which Australian masculinity was constructed and defended.
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