血雨欲來：運動場域中的西方月經論述

The impending storm: Western discourses on menstruation in sports

儘管是世上一半人口的經驗，但對於月經的討論，直至近十年始有重視。然而，直至2020年代運動場域的月經經驗仍是稀缺且隱蔽／被隱蔽的運動員經驗。本文回顧西方社會學與月經之相關論述，為未來臺灣運動社會學領域的相關研究建立理論基礎。檢視既有文獻，主要可分為四個論述範疇，第一、月經禁忌與月經禮儀，描述女性身體公共化過程中，月經禁忌與月經禮儀所帶來的女性污名與困境。第二、失語的月經：身體研究的性別意義，論述西方哲學與社會理論的身心二元論傳統所形成的身體經驗失語困境；第三、為什麼需要社會學家討論這件事？月經醫學化的性別意義，主張應正視月經在女性運動參與生物學、醫學領域外的社會意義；第四、爬梳運動場域的月經研究。

Although menstruation is an experience shared by half of the world's population, serious discussions on the topic have only emerged within the past decade. Furthermore, leading into the 2020s, the menstrual experience within sports arenas remains a scarce and hidden or concealed aspect of an athlete's life. This paper reviews Western sociological discourses on menstruation to establish a theoretical foundation for future research in the field of sports sociology in Taiwan. Through a review of existing literature, this study categorizes the discourse into four major domains: first, menstrual taboos and menstrual etiquette, which describe the female stigma and dilemmas brought about by these taboos and etiquette during the process of the publicization of the female body; second, the ineffable menstruation and the gender significance in body studies, discussing the dilemma of the ''loss of speech'' regarding bodily experiences shaped by the mind-body dualism tradition in Western philosophy and social theory; third, the reason why sociologists need to discuss this matter and the gender significance of menstrual medicalization, arguing that the social significance of menstruation in female sports participation must be recognized beyond the realms of biology and medicine; and fourth, a systematic mapping and analysis of menstrual research within the sports arena.