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‘They kick you because they are not able to kick the ball’ : normative conceptions of sex difference and the politics of exclusion in mixed-sex football
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Winiarska, Aleksandra, Jackson, Lucy, Mayblin, Lucy and Valentine, Gill (2016) ‘They kick you because they are not able to kick the ball’ : normative conceptions of sex difference and the politics of exclusion in mixed-sex football. Sport in Society, 19 (8-9). pp. 1332-1348. doi:10.1080/17430437.2015.1067778 ISSN 1743-0437.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2015.1067778
Abstract
This study explores the role of normative conceptions of sex difference through a case study of an anti-discrimination football tournament in Warsaw, Poland. The tournament has a variety of anti-discriminatory aims, including anti-racism, anti-homophobia and anti-sexism, where sport is a way to overcome difference and stereotypes. We found that especially efforts to realize anti-sexism through football encountered barriers and normative conceptions of gender in this traditionally segregated sport were in many cases reaffirmed. Male participant’s reactions to the presence of female players often contained surprise and concern, and sex difference was seen as an unavoidable, biological fact which hindered play. We explore participants’ reactions to the gender-mixing rule, as well as the existence of normative conceptions of sex difference that lead to exclusionary practices concerning females in the context of mixed-sex football. We analyse these practices and explore whether participants declare a change of attitude over time.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Sport in Society | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1743-0437 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 2016 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 19 | ||||||
| Number: | 8-9 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1332-1348 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/17430437.2015.1067778 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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