Gender stereotypes, self, and sport dropout: a one-year prospective study in adolescents

Associations between adolescents’ preference for fitness activities and achieving the recommended weekly level of physical activity

“…Meanwhile, VPA is generally preferred by male adults, but in contrast to females, the proportion preferring VPA generally decreases with age 57 . No preference of MPA or VPA is found among older adults (65 years or older), those with less than high school education, retirees, and those who do not participate in sport 13 , 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63…”

“…Females, particularly adults, typically prefer MPA, with the proportion preferring MPA generally increasing with increasing age 55 . MPA is also preferred by females with lower PA levels, retirees, and those who do not participate in sport 56 . Meanwhile, VPA is generally preferred by male adults, but in contrast to females, the proportion preferring VPA generally decreases with age 57 .…”

“…Males prefer more competitive activities (exclusively) compared to females, with the proportion with this preference generally decreasing with age and higher among those with low education 54 . On the other hand, non-competitive activities only are preferred by females, retirees, and those who do not participate in sport, with the proportion with this preference increasing with age (highest among women aged over 45 and men over 65) 56 …”

Contestation, disruption and legitimization in women’s rugby league

“…We offer a rich contextualized account of how transition to paid employment for the first time provides unique opportunities and constraints for sports that have to date been men dominant. Whereas much past research has focused on gender under-representation 'masculine' sports (Joncheray, Level and Richard, 2016;Plaza and Boiché, 2017;Willson et.al., 2017), or how sport can challenge the hegemonic masculine approaches to competition (Antunovic and Hardin, 2015), the investigation we undertook highlights the key role of sociocultural aspects and industry-specific challenges and cultural barriers where social considerations are particularly salient. Our findings reveal novel insights about how women's experiences of the hegemonic masculinity of sport (Connell, 2009) Income protection in the event of injuries up to $1500 per week.…”

“…Challenges and stereotypes associated with women's sport participation (Knight and Giuliano, 2003) continue to shape and influence the professionalisation of women's sport. Universally, women and girls participate in sport at lower levels than men and boys (Hall and Oglesby, 2016), drop out at higher levels during adolescence -especially in 'masculine' sports (Plaza and Boiché, 2017) (Hancock and Hums, 2016), in leadership roles (Burton, 2015), as coaches (Norman, Rankin-Wright and Allison, 2018) and/or as professional athletes (Agergaard, 2017).…”