當二十世紀中的西蒙波娃(Simone de Beauvoir) 還說女性是「第二性」，是附屬的角色時，晚近西方女性主義思潮、女性意識抬頭的影響下，卻讓女性運動逐漸受到社會大眾的正視和肯定。而傳統社會道德和教育下的「男尊女卑」、「男強女弱」的觀念傾向，亦逐漸受到世人的糾正。2004年雪梨奧運會，參賽的女性運動員已達參加選手總數的42%，女性參賽項目也增加到男性不相上下的程度，所以「運動競賽對女性身體有害，女性不宜做劇烈性的運動」、「女性根本應付不了運動的挑戰」等謬論也已被破除。然而，社會上女性參與運動的狀況卻沒有同時跟進，尤以具溫和且競爭性不弱、強調團隊精神的女排運動為甚，倘若此適宜女性參與的運動都不能獲得女性的響應與支持，及社會的認同與普及，那麼又如何否定運動屬於男性的說法？ 因而，本文擬由女排運動文化切入，以女性的觀點來談如何提昇與落實女排運動文化的認同感。

In the flux of western feminism and the uprising feminist consciousness, women in sport have gradually gained affirmation from the pulic. Perceptions like 'superior men and inferior women', 'strong men and weak women' have been challenged and rectified. In 2004 Sydney Olympics Games, the number of female participants reached 42% of the total athetes, while the number of female competition sport also increased to about the same level as their male counterpart. Beliefs which advocated 'doing sports activities harms women's body, so women should not engage into drastic exercise' or 'women can not handle the challenges in sports' have also been eradicated. However, when the social perceptions have changed, the majority of the femal population still has not formed a regular excising habit. This lacking also reflects on the competitive and teamwork-emphasised women's volleyball, making one wonder if volleyball--a sport that is well-suied to women--fails to gain support from women, how can one challenge the gender stereotypes in sports participation. Therefore, this essay discusses the sports culture in women's volleyball, analysing the ways in which women's volleyball sports culture can be promoted and practiced from the view of women.