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Essay on Behavior of Males versus Females in a Gym

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Behavior of Males versus Females in a Gym

While systematically observing a social situation for approximatly one week, I have

observed some common patterns of interaction and have rendered some possible explanations

for these patterns of behavior. While there were some irregular observations, most of the

behavior was consistent with that of my hypotheses. My research question involves the

behavior of males versus females in the setting of a workout room or gym. I hyptohesized that

males are more likely to interact with each other than females are, and males are more likely to

use weights than females, while females are more likely to utilize aerobic activity machines

more than males. All of these …show more content…

I chose to observe both of these locations because of

the varitey of people who could be observed and the type of people who used both of these

facilities. In the Bream Wright Hauser weight room, there are three step machines, and a bike

located along the left wall, and the whold right side of the room includes weight machines to

work various parts of the body. In the middle of the room and to the back are the free weights

and weight benches. This room includes mostly weights and very few aerobic machines. In

the______________ weight room, however, there are very few weight and an abundance of

aerobic machines. One small corner contains weights and the rest of the room includes several

step machines, bikes, and other aerobic machines. One observation which I noticed was that

while the Bream Wright Hauser room included predominatly males with a few females,

including myself, the ____________room comtained all women and no men. I think this is

owed to the contents of the room. Even in Bream Wright Hauser, the small number of women

tended to use the aerobic machines. This leads me to one observation that the women are

much more likely to use the aerobic machines than men. Also, because there was not a single

man in the ___________room, I also concluded that men tend to utilize the weights much

more frequently

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