Leisure
What do other people do for leisure? What does leisure mean to them? What gets in the way of people having leisure? Do markers of identity (e.g., age, gender identity/expression, race/ethnicity, sexual identity, etc.) influence people’s leisure? These are the kinds of questions you’ll be asking people about to better understand the process of engaging in leisure research and you’ll be looking at some leisure journals to help you “interpret” your findings.
Sample Solution
Leisure
Leisure is defined as freedom from work, school or other responsibilities and tasks. An example of leisure is a time when one is temporarily released from other compulsory, but unpaid duties, such as child care, home or other maintenance, or personal obligations and matters. Examples of leisure activities are bicycling, bowling, curling, hiking/walking, and swimming. However, not all leisure activities are sportive. Some people would rather spend their free time painting, drawing, reading, listening to music or meditating. Leisure time allows people to step back, physically but most important, mentally, from stress. Your mind and body will tune, you will feel relaxed. During leisure activities, you will be disconnected from the outside world. You will be empowering yourself to deal with situations in a less stressful way. However, gender identity, age, race/ethnicity do get in the way of people having leisure. For example, men spend more time than women in leisure activities. The gender gap is about five hours per week.
