Sporting Gender: Women’s Footballing Bodies as Sites/Sights for the (Re) Articulation of Sex, Gender, and Desire

Caudwell, Jayne

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“…previously presumed male sports (Bryson 1990;Caudwell, 2003;Channon and Matthews 2015a;Fields 2008;Paradis 2012), and the increased acceptance of gay athletes within a variety of settings (Anderson 2005;Channon and Matthews 2015b). Such evidence could lead scholars and the public alike to suggest that the principles upon which the male preserve was originally proposed have largely been undermined.…”

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“…Furthermore, spaces are considered as fundamentally social and political in nature in that they are produced within unequal power relations, whereby the powerful are able to lay claim to space more easily than the relatively powerless and this process reinforces such inequality. Sporting spaces, then, might reasonably be considered as sites where discourses shaped by gendered power become writ large upon the bodies, actions, experiences, feelings and stories which make up everyday life (Caudwell 2003;Matthews 2014;van Ingen 2011;Waitt 2008), and importantly, this process is productive of such social enclaves (Lefebvre 1991;Massey 1994Massey , 2005. If we accept this point, we can consider male preserves as produced through the reification of social power.…”

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The Tyranny of the Male Preserve

Matthews

2015

Gender & Society

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Within this paper I draw on short vignettes and quotes taken from a two--year ethnographic study of boxing to think through the continuing academic merit of the notion of the male preserve. This is an important task due to evidence of shifts in social patterns of gender that have developed since the idea was first proposed in the 1970s. In aligning theoretical contributions from Lefebvre and Butler to discussions of the male preserve, we are able to add nuance to our understanding of how such social spaces are engrained with and produced by the lingering grasp of patriarchal narratives. In particular, by situating the male preserve within shifting social processes, whereby certain men's power is increasingly undermined, I highlight the production of space within which narratives connecting men to violence, aggression and physical power can be consumed, performed and reified in a relatively unrestricted form. This specific case study contributes to gender theory as an illustration of a way in which we might explore and understand social enclaves where certain people are able to lay claim to space and power. As such, I argue that the notion of the male preserve is still a useful conceptual, theoretical and political device especially when considered as produced by the tyranny of gender power through the dramatic representation and reification of behaviours symbolically linked to patriarchal narrations of manhood.

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Matthews

2015

Gender & Society

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“…Pourtant, en même temps, le sport pouvait constituer un refuge pour les athlètes qui n'étaient pas hétérosexuelles (Cahn 1993;Griffin 1998;Hekma 1998). Au début du XXI e siècle, un changement important est survenu alors que plusieurs études ont été réalisées avec des approches théoriques inspirées du poststructuralisme féministe et de la théorie fondée sur la diversité sexuelle (queer) (voir par exemple : Broad (2001), Caudwell (1999Caudwell ( , 2003, Cox et Thompson (2000)). Ces études rejetaient notamment la conception traditionnelle de la sexualité et le modèle binaire hétérosexuel/homosexuel.…”

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“…Ces constructions reprennent non seulement les discours « butchphobes » et « lesbophobes » présents dans la société en général mais aussi au sein de la communauté gaie plus jeune. La tendance à s'éloigner de l'image de la butch est un résultat mentionné par d'autres études sur le sport féminin, notamment Caudwell (2003), Cox et Thompson (2000) et Theberge (2000). Par ailleurs, en insistant sur leur féminité et en minimisant les différences entre elles et les femmes hétérosexuelles, Amélie et la plupart des participantes semblent s'approprier des éléments provenant de discours minoritaires qui veulent normaliser la sexualité gaie, non seulement par rapport à l'hétérosexualité mais aussi par rapport aux autres sexualités non traditionnelles.…”

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Le sport comme espace favorable à l’expression de sexualités non traditionnelles : le cas de différents sports d’équipe féminins au Québec

Ravel¹

2011

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Cet article porte sur l’affirmation de l’identité sexuelle (coming out) dans le monde sportif et, de façon plus générale, sur l’expression de sexualités non traditionnelles dans ce domaine. Il est basé sur une étude réalisée avec des jeunes femmes francophones de Montréal qui définissent leur sexualité comme « gaie », « lesbienne » ou « bisexuelle » ou encore qui refusent toute étiquette à ce sujet. Les constructions discursives de la sexualité et du processus de coming out de ces participantes sont examinées avec une approche inspirée du poststructuralisme féministe. Les résultats de l’analyse rejettent la conception traditionnelle de la sexualité et rejoignent plutôt la théorie fondée sur la diversité sexuelle (queer). En effet, ils remettent en question le modèle binaire hétérosexuel/homosexuel ainsi que la notion de sexualité fixe et stable. Ils montrent également la complexité du processus de coming out qui ne peut pas être compris de façon uniforme et immuable. Enfin, ils suggèrent que le sport peut jouer un rôle dans la façon dont les participantes se constituent en tant que femmes ayant une sexualité non traditionnelle.This paper deals with coming out and the expression of non-conventional sexualities in sport. It is based on a study conducted with 14 Francophone women from Montréal who identify themselves as “gaie”, “lesbian”, “bisexual”, or refuse labels altogether. Their discursive constructions of sexuality and of the coming out process are examined with a feminist poststructuralist perspective. The results tend to challenge traditional assumptions about sexuality (e.g., the heterosexual/ homosexual binary) and to echo queer theory. Moreover, they highlight how complex the coming out process can be and the role that sport can play in the expression of non-conventional sexualities

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“…Women and girls are seen as belonging to a community in this sense because they too are bodies situated on the margins of sport where their physical absence has been marked (www.premier.league.com), either as practitioners or as supporters at football grounds, although the sport is increasing in popularity. The FA's enthusiasm about its own commitment to promoting the women's game, (www.thefa.com/Women) is not matched by the visibility or embodied presence of women (Caudwell, 2003). This is illustrated by the negative situating of women.…”

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Bodies on the margins: regulating bodies, regulatory bodies

Woodward

2009

Leisure Studies

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Sport is all about bodies, but some bodies are seen as on the margins and policies are directed at re-situating them into the mainstream. This article explores some of the ways in which embodied selves are the target of diversity policies and practices, especially those implemented by fan-based, anti-racist organisations. Sport has long been considered a site for the creation of healthy citizens, a tradition which has been rearticulated to encompass diverse groups of people who are seen as under represented in sport. The article looks at which embodied selves are encouraged to participate, non-governmental regulatory bodies in sport, to investigate the tension between the positive and negative dimensions of diversity politics in sport, as an example of what Paul Gilroy calls 'conviviality', in the practices of those who seek to bring in those on the margins in the multi-ethnic UK.

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Sporting Gender: Women’s Footballing Bodies as Sites/Sights for the (Re) Articulation of Sex, Gender, and Desire

Cited by 110 publications

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The Tyranny of the Male Preserve

The Tyranny of the Male Preserve

Le sport comme espace favorable à l’expression de sexualités non traditionnelles : le cas de différents sports d’équipe féminins au Québec

Bodies on the margins: regulating bodies, regulatory bodies

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