2022 eass & ISSA World Congress of Sociology of Sport

Session

PS 14: Sport and Gender 2

Jun 8, 2022, 11:00 AM

Description

Chair: Christine Dallaire
Room: B9N22, Building B Level 9

45. Sociological analyses of gender and UK HE Sport Courses

Philippa Velija, Catherine Phipps

6/8/22, 11:00 AM

Our research provides an understanding of how knowledge about gender in UK Higher Education sport courses is taught and experienced. We discuss our recent research on the ways in which gender relations on Higher Education sport courses are manifest and experienced by students and staff. Drawing on data from two projects, one a case study and one a larger analysis of gender and curriculum on UK...

46. I'm gay and sportsmen. From fear to proud: becoming a role model in sport.

Anna Vilanova, Pedrona Serra, Ingrid Hinojosa, Susanna Soler

6/8/22, 11:20 AM

Spanish sports literature is devoid of studies investigating the voices of gay athletes. Using semi-structured interviews, the purpose of this research was to examine the contextually relevant experiences of three gay elite athlete in the Spanish sport context. Our investigation covers multiple personal and institutional layers of the sporting complex, which are analysed using Cunningham's...

47. Critical reflections of a female researcher in a male and masculine context – Ethnographic insights from professional and elite football

Solvejg Wolfers-Pommerenke

6/8/22, 11:40 AM

The sports environment, and more specifically football, is well known for being a context in which hegemonic notions of masculinity are still prevalent (e.g. Anderson & McGuire, 2010, Burgess, Edwards & Skinner, 2003). This poses several challenges for female* researchers conducting ethnographic fieldwork in explicitly gendered contexts. Research suggests a number of potential issues, among...

48. Gender Inequalities and Sport: the experiences of female tennis coaches

Urszula Wolski

6/8/22, 12:00 PM

Sporting opportunities for females continue to grow, which include what are seen as masculine sports, such as football, rugby and cricket. This is, in part, due to the increased widespread media coverage of women’s sports, such as the 2019 Women’s Football World Cup. The Women’s Rugby World Cup, which was due to be held in New Zealand in 2021, has been rescheduled due to Covid-19 to 2022, will...