METAPHORS RELATING TO THE CONCEPT OF “WOMAN” OF INDIVIDUALS WHO DO AND DO NOT SPORT

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of individuals who do and do not do sports about “woman” through metaphor. This research was carried out in accordance with the qualitative research method. After obtaining ethical approval for the research at the beginning of 2022, surveys were prepared via Google Forms, informative announcements were made on social media, and questionnaires were made available online for those who wish to participate voluntarily. A total of 194 people participated in the study, who did and did not exercise regularly. However, as a result of the investigations, 10 questionnaires were not filled in correctly and it was canceled. For this reason, the answers of 184 participants were analyzed. The metaphors of the participants, whose questionnaires were deemed valid, regarding the concept of "women" were evaluated according to the gender variable. Descriptive analyzes were used to analyze and group the data. The data were interpreted by using descriptive statistics in SPSS statistics 25.0 package program and analyzing them according to frequency and % values. When the metaphors developed by the participants are looked at, respectively, about the concept of "woman", starting from the highest level; It was seen that it was explained by associating more with the metaphors in the category of "nature's aesthetics", then "associating with nature", then "meaningful object" and finally "productivity". While female participants mostly associated the aesthetics of nature, then the association with nature, then the metaphors of meaningful objects and original existence, the concept of “woman”; On the other hand, it was determined that men mostly associate them with the aesthetics of nature, then associating with nature, and then with the metaphors of productivity and versatility.