YOU LEAVE YOUR TROUBLES AT THE GATE - A CASE-STUDY OF THE EXPLOITATION OF OLDER WOMENS LABOR AND LEISURE IN SPORT

Using Connell's theory of gender and power this article explores the g ender regime of lawn bowls, which is played predominantly by older peo ple. The sport is characterized by men's exploitation of women's label ; heterosexual coupledom and the desexualization of women. A ''woman's place'' both on and off the playing field is clearly delineated in te rms of otherness, especially as an altruistic wife, mother and grandmo ther; consequently men can bowl relatively freely, whereas women's lei sure is constrained by their facilitation of men's interests.