“…Studies on under-representation of women in sport organizations have also suggested that there are far fewer women than men in senior positions in sport organizations (e.g., Acosta & Carpenter, 2000;Chen & Henry, 2012;Hall, Cullen, & Slack, 1990;Hovden, 2000;Ottesen, Skirstad, Pfister, & Habermann, 2010;Pfister & Radtke, 2009;Whisenant, Miller, & Pedersen, 2005). These studies showed that dominant discourses about sport valorize masculine qualities, such as mental and physical toughness and competitiveness (Messner, 2002), and that dominant discourses about managerial roles in sport organizations have always been allied with the constructions of masculinities within the sporting context.…”