Living the Paradox: Female Athletes Negotiate Femininity and Muscularity

By V. Krane, P. Choi, Shannon M. Baird, Christine M. Aimar, K. Kauer. 2004

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Sociology and Political Science

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Perspectives of Women College Athletes on Sport and Gender (2008, background): “…Laberge and Albert (1999) conceptualized sport as a structure ordered according to a dualistic understanding of gender that may continue to constrain sport participation for girls and women to varying degrees (Hargreaves 1993; Krane 2001; Krane et al. 2004; McCallister et al. 2003; Shaw 1994).”
On Versus Off the Pitch: The Transiency of Body Satisfaction Among Female Rugby Players, Cricketers, and Netballers (2004, background): “Krane and colleagues ( Krane, Choi, Baird, Aimar, & Kauer, 2004; Krane, Waldron, Michalenok, & Stiles-Shipley 2001) described as a “living paradox.” Krane et al. (2004) noted that sportswomen often found it difficult to negotiate the pursuit of characteristics associated with successful sporting pe”
Self-compassion and Eudaimonic Well-Being During Emotionally Difficult Times in Sport (2015, background): “While sport has the potential to positively impact young women (Krane et al. 2004; Mosewich et al. 2009; World Health Organization 2008), it is necessary to recognize that positive experiences and positive development through sport are not guaranteed.”
High School Sport Participation and Subsequent Psychological Well-Being and Physical Activity: The Mediating Influences of Body Image, Physical Competence, and Instrumentality (2009, background): “In interviews with female college athletes, Krane et al. (2004) found that the athletes reported feeling empowered through sport participation, and that this sense of enhanced instrumentality carried over into their lives outside of sport.”
Overdoing Gender: A Test of the Masculine Overcompensation Thesis1 (2013, background): “…indeed researchers have argued that a corre- 984 The Masculine Overcompensation Thesis sponding ideal of “hegemonic femininity” exists ðe.g., Ussher 1997; Krane et al. 2004Þ and that women sometimes strive to reestablish their femininity in the face of threats ðGriffin 1998; Munsch andWiller…”
Social Role Theory and the Perceived Gender Role Orientation of Athletes (2005, background): “These female athletes struggled to maintain a feminine identity that often clashed with stereotypical masculine characteristics such as competitiveness and aggression that made them successful in their sport ( Krane, Choi, Baird, Aimar, & Kauer, 2004 ).”
A Longitudinal Investigation of Sport Participation, Peer Acceptance, and Self-esteem among Adolescent Girls and Boys (2006, background): “Many girls in sports continue to struggle to reconcile their athleticism with traditional standards of hegemonic femininity that emphasize maintaining a thin body ideal and adhering to a rigid definition of beauty (Choi, 2000; Krane, Choi, Baird, Aimar, & Kauer, 2004; Lenskyj, 1994).”
Supermum, superwife, supereverything: performing femininity in the transition to motherhood (2005, background): “Bordo, 1993 ; Butler, 1990 ; Krane et al , 2004 ).”