This article scrutinises the highly contested, yet largely unexplored space of gender-segregated swimming that caters for Muslim women. Combining participant observation of weekly women-only swimming sessions with interviews of regular participants, the aim of this paper was to shed light on the ‘non-White’ space of women-only swimming and explore the lived experiences of Danish Muslim women within this specific setting. Drawing on a Foucauldian framework that situates women-only swimming in a wider space of power relationships and multiple intersecting discourses, we observed the operation of disciplinary power, particularly relating to the maintenance of hygiene and safety and tacit norms relating to the dress code and standards of modesty. However, contrary to competitive and lane swimming, here, women-only swimming sessions were loosely structured, with participants emphasising freedom, pleasure and relaxation in this context. Our findings suggest that women-only swimming offered the opportunity for participants to practise self-care, while also highlighting ambiguities relating to participants' critical self-awareness about the discourses governing their identities and sporting practices. Still, the loosely structured practice of women-only swimming poses an alternative to the current instrumentalisation of sport and physical activity, as well as dominant discourses that position sport as a culturally integrative, homogenising policy tool.

本文仔细研究了针对穆斯林妇女的性别隔离游泳这一极富争议的，但很大程度上尚未探索的空间。结合参与者对女性游泳的每周观察与定期参与者的访谈，本文的目的是阐明女性游泳的“非白人”空间，并探索丹麦穆斯林女性在此特定环境中的生活经历。环境。利用Foucauldian框架，将女性游泳置于更广泛的权力关系和多种相交的话语空间中，我们观察到纪律权力的运作，特别是与维护卫生和安全以及与着装规范和标准有关的默认规范有关谦虚。但是，与竞技游泳和泳道相反，这里，仅限女性的游泳课程结构宽松，与会人员强调在这种情况下的自由，愉悦和放松。我们的研究结果表明，仅女性游泳为参与者提供了自我保健的机会，同时也突出了与参与者关于支配其身份和体育习惯的话语的批判性自我意识有关的歧义。仍然，仅女性游泳者的结构松散的做法为当前体育和体育活动的工具化以及将体育定位为文化融合，同质化政策工具的主流话语提供了一种替代方案。同时还强调了与参与者关于支配其身份和体育习惯的话语的批判性自我意识有关的歧义。仍然，仅女性游泳者的结构松散的做法为当前体育和体育活动的工具化以及将体育定位为文化融合，同质化政策工具的主流话语提供了一种替代方案。同时还强调了与参与者关于支配其身份和体育习惯的话语的批判性自我意识有关的歧义。仍然，仅女性游泳者的结构松散的做法为当前体育和体育活动的工具化以及将体育定位为文化融合，同质化政策工具的主流话语提供了一种替代方案。