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: Artistic swimming (formerly synchronized swimming) is often studied as a field where female bodies are "processed" through a "beauty builder" lens, reinforcing specific aesthetic and feminine stereotypes.

The phrase might also refer to the systemic failures in protecting swimmers from sexual exploitation.

: Sociological studies using Foucauldian frameworks describe how competitive swimming "regulates" and "disciplines" the body through intense surveillance and physical modification to create an "acceptable sporting body".

: In the 1970s and 80s, the East German government systematically administered anabolic steroids (Oral-Turinabol) to young swimmers, often without their or their parents' consent.

Research often explores how the "swimming body" is viewed and "processed" through social and biological lenses.