Dancing manly men: Gender analaysis of experiements of male dancers<p>Dans eden “erkek adamlar”: Erkek dansçıların deneyimlerine toplumsal cinsiyet analizi

Abstract

Gendered nature of sports excludes women and also men in some sports. The patriarchal culture's way of coding dance as a feminine act is creating some restrictions for men. The aim of this study is to examine the meaning and limits of being a male dancer in Adana. Datas were collected by semi-structured interviews using phemonologhy which is one of research methods of qualitative research method. The participants was constituted by 5 male dancer (salsa). Data were analyzed by the content analysis method. The findings of the data obtained from the analysis collected under three themes: 1 Masculine Norms: Does a man dance? 2 Humiliated femininity: Do not wiggle like a girl, 3 Homophobia: You look like a gay son, you have to wear this? As a result, a significant domination generated by the dominance over the body acts set by gender differences over male dancers was observed. The strategy to get rid of prejudice and oppression is to insist, to prove that they are successful and not to wear tights.

Eş-Toplumsallik Hegemoni̇k Erkekli̇k Ve Kabul Sinamasi Üçgeni̇nde Takim Sporlarinin İrdelenmesi̇

“…Bahsedilen çalışmalara baktığımızda, güreş, vücut geliştirme, dans, pilates, wushu gibi branşlarda erkek bedeni, toplumsal sınıf, hiyerarşi, şiddet gibi konuların işlendiğini görürüz (Hacısoftaoğlu, 2012;Karaçam, 2014;Kavasoğlu, Rençbereli ve Yenel, 2017;Kavasoğlu ve Yıkılmaz, 2018;Bozok, Munar ve Kavasoğlu, 2019). Öte yandan, gücün denksizliğine ve istismarına (imbalance of power, abuse of power) dayanan ve erkeklik halleriyle oldukça ilişkili bir kavram olan kabul sınaması (hazing) ülke literatüründe henüz yer almamıştır ve uluslararası spor literatüründe de (hegemonik) erkeklikler ile birlikte incelendiği çalışmalar oldukça sınırlı sayıdadır (Morriss-Roberts, 2013;Smart, 2014;Taylor, 2015;Dong, 2016).…”