Physical strength, a tool for emancipation?
When: 15.10.2026 20:00
Where: 48.888394, 2.303090
Organizer: Admin
The development of physical strength is generally associated with the male gender. With the rise of the masculine movement, this valorization of force can be perceived negatively by gender minorities, who see it as the expression of values deemed violent or centered on self-denial. In particular, bodybuilding can thus be despised or criticized, because it is sometimes associated with a form of physical domination that may be perceived as threatening. How can we re-appropriate this notion of physical strength and make it a tool of self-confidence, pride and emancipation?
Speaker:
> Martin Page writes novels and essays. In Softness of bodybuilding (2025), he offers an unexpected look at bodybuilding, this practice that allows to take care of us and our loved ones, while protecting our fragility and our softness. Strength becomes a resistance laboratory, facing what hurts us and oppresses us.
> Emilia Petrakis writes poetry and practices Mixed Martial Arts in amateur competition. With Bagarre (2026), her first novel, she gave a sensitive and energetic reflection on emancipation through sport, and offered an upsetting tribute, far from the clichés, to an unknown community. A current text on will, solidarity, last chances and first times.
> Lauren Malka is an author, independent journalist and podcaster.
; Credits: @the New Attila
Tags: martial arts, bodybuilding, gender
Source: https://www.paris.fr/evenements/la-force-physique-un-outil-d-emancipation-115533
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