In the Game: Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity

By E. Anderson. 2005

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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“Being Masculine is not About who you Sleep with...:” Heterosexual Athletes Contesting Masculinity and the One-time Rule of Homosexuality (2008, methodology): “After failing to make their university football teams, all of my informants clarified that they missed being associated with an athletic identity and/or being part of a team, and they judged cheerleading as an acceptable final effort to return to teamsports (Anderson 2005b).”
Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology: A Comprehensive Guide for Students and Practitioners (2010, background): “Examples include Strong Women, Deep Closets: Lesbians and Homophobia in Sport (Griffin, 1998), In the Game: Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity (Anderson, 2005), Jocks 2: True Stories of America’s Gay Male Athletes (Woog, 2002), or any of a number of recent biographies of gay male athletes (e.”
Gender, Sexual Prejudice and Sport Participation: Implications for Sexual Minorities (2009, background): “, compulsory heterosexuality; see Rich 1980) carry important implications for gay males and lesbians within the sport setting (Anderson 2005; Gill et al. 2006; Messner 1992; Rich 1980; Wright and Clarke 1999).”
On the door-step of equality: Attitudes toward gay athletes among academy-level footballers (2015, background): “Here, males seek the approval of other males, both identifying with and competing against them in order to raise their heteromasculine capital (Anderson, 2005).”
Inclusive Masculinity in a Fraternal Setting (2008, background): “These variables (such as race, class, athleticism, and a certain body aesthetic) fall in line with dominant cultural power positions (Anderson 2005a; Chen 1999).”
[Transgender] young men: gendered subjectivities and the physically active body (2014, background): “For some time now, contributions from scholars interested in gender and sexualities have tended to centre either gay men’s (Pronger, 1990; Anderson, 2005) or lesbians’ (Griffin, 1998; Caudwell, 2003) experiences of sport and competitive sport.”
Perspectives of Women College Athletes on Sport and Gender (2008, methodology): “Sports .”
Youth Sports (2011, background): “…experiences are integrated into a person’s life (Fine, 1987; Perks, 2007; Shehu & Moruisi, 2010; Vermeulen & Verweel, 2009) • Changing definitions and interpretations of sport experiences that occur during the life course (Anderson, 2000, 2005; Mahiri & Van Rheenen, 2010; Shehu & Moruisi, 2010).”
Inclusive masculinity theory and the gendered politics of men's rugby (2010, background): “Schacht (1996) shows, for example, that rugby players call each other ‘poofs’ and/or ‘faggots’ with regular frequency, and only a few years ago Anderson (2005a) found homophobic discourse to be staple language for team-sport athletes.”