“The gym is a gendered space, where certain body techniques and locations are related to the female body and others with the male body” (Johansson 32). This is similar to Fritsch’s concepts of doing disability and normative embodiment. Spaces that are not accessible or only accessible through a secondary entrance send the message that people with disabilities are not part of the norm. Just like inaccessible spaces hold meaning, the gendered layout of the gym holds meaning.
Sources:
Fritsch, K. (2013). The Neoliberal Circulation of Affects: Happiness, accessibility and the capacitation of disability as wheelchair. Health, Culture and Society, 5(1), 135-146. doi:10.5195/hcs.2013.136
Johansson, T. (1996). Gendered spaces: The gym culture and the construction of gender. Young, 4(3), 32-47. doi:10.1177/110330889600400303
