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Unlike biological sex, which refers to the anatomical features that individuals are born with, gender is a cultural construction dominated by the roles that society imposes on men and women. In summary, gender refers to a social structure, while biological sex refers to a physical structure. Gender can change according to culture, time, and family structure, while biological sex remains constant (Else-Quest & Hyde, 2018). Gender roles are generally learned and transmitted through social learning in the cultural system in which the individual is born. In addition, individuals who do not comply with gender roles may be reacted to by society, which can lead to classical and operant conditioning, resulting in the adoption of gender roles (Ormrod, 2012). Individuals born as male or female, along with the socialization process, learn to be a girl or a boy within the scope of the roles expected by the society regarding genders, and group various activities, games, objects, personality traits, and occupations as “masculine” or “feminine”(Dökmen, 2004). The phenomenon of gender inequality, which appears as a factor causing inequality in individuals’ social lives, is also considered a limiting factor in the context of recreation (Culp, 1998; Giuliano et al., 2000; Shinew et al., 2004; Burdette & Whitaker, 2005; Akkaya & Kaplan, 2014; Ron & Nimrod, 2018). These limitations are based on gender roles and stereotypes. Gender roles are one of the factors that affect women’s and men’s ideas and attitudes towards participating in recreational activities. Therefore, especially women may benefit less from recreational opportunities and may perceive their performance as …