Mulheres em ação: alguns destaques da presença feminina no esporte amazonense.

Abstract

Female athletes have been a great phenomenon in the postmodern era and despite all prejudice, exclusion and questions about their sports practice, women have sought sports as a form of work, leisure. Thus, the objective was to investigate the female presence in sports disciplines in order to identify what would be the reasons for this practice, matching the investment of their career in sports. This was a qualitative research and we used the semi-structured interview as an instrument, which was answered by 15 participants between Olympic, Paralympic and non-Olympic athletes, medallists in official and unofficial competitions. The treatment of the collected data was based on the BARDIN Content Analysis (2011) from inferences and interpretation of the obtained data. The main results show that the Amazonian woman stood out as an athlete due to the family and financial incentive she received during her career as a sportswoman. Thus, it was possible to conclude that the confrontation of paradigms in relation to women's professional career, as well as their choices, brought new perspectives of life through sport, as well as society's view of women became more comprehensive, although there is still machismo as a form of oppression. Keywords: Gender issues; Woman and sport; Featured women.