Women and Adventure Recreation: Reconstructing Leisure Constraints and Adventure Experiences to Negotiate Continuing Participation

Abstract

This paper presents results from a study of women with a history of participation in adventure recreation. Semi-structured in-depth interviews and 6-month activity diaries were gathered from 42 women involved in adventure pursuits. Qualitative analysis revealed that while the women experienced varying sources of constraint similar to findings in previous leisure research, they could also successfully negotiate these constraints by restructuring their adventure experience or by reinforcing their commitment to adventure as a life priority. The findings are discussed in terms of negotiation theory, focusing on the women's resistance to constraining factors. The findings challenge previous deterministic assumptions of the restricting impact of constraints and reinforce more recent analyses that acknowledge women's ability to take some measure of control for their own leisure.

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