Bearing the Burden of Doubt: Female Coaches' Experiences of Gender Relations

Autor/in	Norman, Leanne
Titel	Bearing the Burden of Doubt: Female Coaches' Experiences of Gender Relations
Quelle	In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 81 (2010) 4, S.506-517 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-1367
Schlagwörter	Athletic Coaches; Females; Foreign Countries; Sex Role; Gender Bias; Feminism; Disproportionate Representation; Human Relations; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Geschlechterrolle; Geschlechterstereotyp; Feminismus; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Großbritannien
Abstract	Based on interview research, this study examined how master female coaches based in the United Kingdom experienced relations with men within their profession. Using a feminist cultural studies approach to examine how sport promotes and maintains a gender order unfavorable to women, we found that female coaches felt the need to continually prove themselves and often experienced coaching as a hostile and intimidating culture. Participants reported a gradual reduction in such unwelcoming behavior from men, seemingly because they had proved to be no threat to the existing patriarchal structure. A critical exploration of coaching is needed to understand how masculine hegemony leads to women's relative powerlessness as coaches. Furthermore, the findings present a case for a greater emphasis on sociocultural education within the UK coaching curricula. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10