動則得『救』？-肥胖女性的運動經驗

Abstract

本研究探討肥胖女性進入運動場域的困擾，進而試圖尋找適合肥胖女性的運動場域以及運動方式。回顧近年來，台灣運動風氣興盛，在肥胖恐懼和肥胖污名雙重壓力下，肥胖女性受到要求進入運動場域以脫離肥胖狀態。 本研究從Young的活歷身體觀點，討論肥胖女性身體經驗，訪談20位肥胖女性以歸納和解釋肥胖女性採取何種運動策略，以及如何面對肥胖污名及恐懼帶來的困擾。肥胖者因身體的特殊性對於自己身體意象、自信與自尊較一般女性低。多數肥胖女性認為自己沒有運動能力，也認為自己在運動當中因運動困擾而比較難獲得運動的高峰經驗。 本研究最後採用自己的肥胖與運動經驗，試圖在肥胖與運動兩大框架中對話，拆解因美體和健康因素而運動的胖/瘦二分的架構。以肥胖女性進入運動空間的經驗來批判社會對於胖/瘦二元建立的美體觀外，同時也質疑以胖/瘦的身體特徵判斷健康是否合宜。

The purpose of this study is to discuss what is the vexation of overweight women when entering sport field and also try to point out suitable fields and ways of exercise for overweight women. In recent years, there has been a sports trend in Taiwan. Under the pressure of the phobia and stigma of obesity rooted in the society, overweight women are expected to do more exercise to lose weight. This study discussed the experience of overweight women with the methods advocated by Young. The researcher interviewed twenty overweight women to conclude and analyze the tactics they coped with when entering sport field and how to face the vexation of stigma and phobia of obesity. Overweight women usually have lower body consciousness, self-confidence, and ego than normal women because of their special figures. Most of overweight women think they don’t have the ability of exercising. They also think they can’t acquire flow experience through sports . In the end, the researcher used her personal experience as an overweight woman to discuss the relationship between overweight and exercise. In addition, the researcher broke the dichotomy of fatness and thinness which defined exercise to make better shape and health. The researcher used the experience of overweight women entering the field of sport to criticize the sense of beauty that has been constructed and dichotomized, and furthermore, doubted whether it is suitable to judge human health by fatness and thinness.