مجلة الآداب والعلوم الاجتماعية
Volume 12, Numéro 3, Pages 84-103
2021-12-22

Sports Education As A Self-defense Strategy To Physically And Mentally Strengthen The So-called Weak Gender: The Case Of The Algerian Women

Authors : Maouche& Osamnia Salima &soumia .

Abstract

Th The Algerian society is, these last decades witnessing severe and critical street assaults and violence against females especially; a socio-cultural new faceted phenomenon blended by religious misunderstandings and masochist beliefs. Hence, the pivotal aim of this paper is threefold: Firstly: to shed light on the issue of violence against women and the main reasons that trigger it from an Algerian socio-cultural perspective, secondly: to exhibit the importance of integrating self-defense techniques in the Algerian sports education curriculum and finally, to reveal general recommendations and solutions that may help limiting this socio-cultural phenomenon.

Keywords

violence ; Physical assault ; sexual abuse ; religious misunderstandings ; masochist beliefs ; self –Defense ; sports education curriculum ; Algerian women.