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PVSC Final Winter Zoom Presentation - "Awareness of Gender Socialization and how it affects Physical Fitness in Children" Thursday January 23, 2025 4:00-5:00 PM

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"A ball, a bat, a bike for Bobby;


A Barbie, a bracelet, an Easy Bake Oven for Bonnie: 


Who will be more physically active?



Thursday January 23, 2025 4:00-5:00 PM – Zoom with recording

Open to PVSC and MSCN current members

(Registration ends Jan. 22nd. If you are not a member of PVSC, please call Sheila at 207-659-1359 to register. Leave name, email address and name of college.)



Beware the power of clothing, colors, traditions, and toys to shape less physically active girls than boys! Despite great advances in recent decades, females remain less physically active than boys, at every stage of life, beginning in infancy. Abundant research shows that, along with the ways that we teach, supervise, and serve as role models for children, the clothes, toys, and opportunities with which we provide them all meaningfully influence the development of their physical skills and self-efficacy.


The purpose of this session is to increase awareness of gender socialization and its power to decrease physical activity among girls and women, so that more people can help create environments that more equitably promote physically active lifestyles, physical fitness, and athleticism.


Presenter: Nicole Mullins, PhD


Nicole Mullins is the current Director of Fitness and Health at the Bangor Region YMCA, and former full professor of exercise science, at Youngstown State University.  She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in exercise physiology from Kent State University, her B.S. in exercise science from the University of New Hampshire (UNH), and has over 30 years of experience as an exercise physiologist, educator, researcher, and strength and conditioning specialist.  Mullins is a lifetime competitive athlete and staunch physical activity advocate, with a mission of educating as many people as possible on the vital importance of regular physical activity.

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