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    					| Women,Gender,and Leisure Matter  | 
  					 
  					  										
						| Karla A . Henderson | 
					 
															
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													     		                            						                            																	    Abstract  Research about women,gender,and leisure has been in various stages of development for almost three decades . The study of women,gender,and leisure has been undertaken from feminist perspectives with theaim tounderstand thesephenomena and topromote socialchangein the lives of both men and women relative to their leisure . The stages of research about women and leisure are discussed along summaries of what has been learned in English-speaking countries through research . Suggestions are offered regarding how these ideas might be examined from various cultural perspectives .
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															    																	Received: 11 August 2009
																	    
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