Prevalence of Sexual Harassment among Norwegian Female Elite Athletes Inrelation to Sport Type

Bibliographic Data

ID2377818
AuthorsKari Fasting (Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Norway), Celia Brackenridge (University of Huddersfield), Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen (Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Norway), Jorunn Sundgot‐borgen (0000-0002-1149-0442, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences)
Year2004
Volume39
Issue4
Pages373-386
Publication date2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1012690204049804
OpenAlexW2006517242
LanguageEN
Citations received35
References cited17

Although it is often assumed that the prevalence of sexual harassment is different indifferent sports, the assumption has not been empirically tested. This study considers whether the experience of sexual harassment varies by sport. The female elite athletes ( N = 553) in the study participated in 56 different sport disciplines. These were grouped as: 1) team or individual sports; 2) extent to which clothing required for competition is revealing; 3) gender structure (male- or female-dominated membership statistics); and 4) gender culture (masculine, gender-neutral or feminine). The data show that sexual harassment occurs in every sport group. Female elite athletes who participated in 'masculine' sports appear to experience more harassment than women in the other groups. We conclude that, when it comes to female athletes' experiences of sexual harassment, sport type matters far less than sport participation per se

Athletes · Clothing · Elite · Elite Athletes · Harassment · Norwegian · Physical therapy · Political science · Sociology · Doping in Sports · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology · Sports, Gender, and Society