Women's Leisure: Affiliation, Self-Determination, Empowerment and Resistance?

The riding school as a site for gender identity construction among Swedish teenage girls

“…Taking care of horses was a matter of self-determination and freedom to do what the girls wanted to do. This is consistent with the views of the women in Freysinger and Flannery's (1992) study.…”

“…More generally, in a North American context, Freysinger and Flannery (1992) discuss leisure as a site of women's empowerment and resistance. In the case of the women in their study, leisure was seen as a way to develop and maintain friendships, and an opportunity for self-determination and freedom in their choices of activities.…”

Verificación de una hipótesis óptima de apareamiento del estrés, La respuesta frente al estrés y la salud:Tiempo libre y adaptación al estrés.

“…Coleman and Iso-Ahola (1993) have suggested that a leisure-generated self-determination disposition (i.e., people's belief or orientation that their leisure pursuits are mainly self-determined or autonomous) is one of the two important factors of leisure that help people cope with stress. The self-determination disposition is closely linked to freedom of choice, a sense of control, and intrinsic motivation which have been shown to be major properties of leisure (e.g., Freysinger and Flannery, 1992;Iso-Ahola, 1980;Weissinger and Bandalos, 1995). Coleman (1993) found that the leisure-generated self-determination disposition helped people maintain good health under stressful circumstances.…”

“…From a feminist perspective, Henderson and Bialeschki (1991) have argued that "women may gain empowerment through a sense of entitlement to leisure within their lives" (p. 51) and, in turn, "opportunities for empowerment through the leisure aspects of women's lives may have a relationship to other areas of women's lives" (p. 62). Similarly, Freysinger and Flannery (1992) found that leisure can help women develop personal agency which empowers them to challenge or resist a falsified sense of self and the demands of their lives, as well as to regain or create a valued sense of self. Also, they have suggested that the empowerment and resistance through leisure can help women maintain their mental health.…”

A Qualitative Exploration of Female Surfers: Recreation Specialization, Motivations, and Perspectives

“…Researchers suggest the importance of distinguishing between affiliative leisure and self-determined, or autonomous, leisure for women (Freysinger & Flannery, 1992;Henderson, et al, 1996). Henderson et al, conceptualized self-determined leisure as participating in activities free from others and making one's own decisions according to one's own desires and needs.…”