Gender order through social censure: an examination of social exclusion in sport coaching

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Zehntner, Chris, McMahon, Jenny and McGannon, Kerry R.. 2023. "Gender order through social censure: an examination of social exclusion in sport coaching." Sport, Education and Society. 28 (1), pp. 105-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2021.1979506
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Gender order through social censure: an examination of social exclusion in sport coaching

ERA Journal ID9806
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsZehntner, Chris, McMahon, Jenny and McGannon, Kerry R.
Journal TitleSport, Education and Society
Journal Citation28 (1), pp. 105-116
Number of Pages12
Year2023
PublisherTaylor & Francis
Place of PublicationUnited Kingdom
ISSN1357-3322
1470-1243
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2021.1979506
Web Address (URL)https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13573322.2021.1979506
Abstract

In this paper, findings from an investigation into the gender imbalance in swim coaching in Australia, particularly at the higher levels of accreditation, are reported. Stories of the experience of two elite female swim coaches were analysed with reference to the concept of hegemonic masculinity. Analysis found that some male coaches and attendants to the swimming culture use literal and ideological force, including differentiation, direct control, and trivialisation to enact hegemony and to (re)create a gendered order. The findings suggest that without intervention and (re)education, this ideology will remain uncontested, will continue to inform the practice of coaches in the field, and will remain deeply entrenched in the system of values of the sport’s organising body and the federal funding organisation for sports in Australia.

KeywordsSport culture; hegemony; masculinity; emale coach; coaching practice
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ANZSRC Field of Research 2020390499. Specialist studies in education not elsewhere classified
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Byline AffiliationsSouthern Cross University
University of Tasmania
Laurentian University, Canada
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