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The Sexual Abuse of Boys in Organized Male Sports

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ID2387829
AuthorsMike Hartill (0000-0002-7327-7559, Edge Hill University, Lancashire, United Kingdom, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume12
Issue2
Pages225-249
Publication date2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMen and Masculinities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1097-184X • E-ISSN: 1552-6828
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1097184x07313361
OpenAlexW2024067780
LanguageEN
Citations received34
References cited73

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is now a significant issue for organized sports. Since its 'discovery' thirty years ago, research on CSA has been guided mostly by the 'maleperpetrator-female victim' paradigm; hence, the perspective of the sexually abused male in the sports context has rarely been considered. This article considers organized male-sports as a social space that facilitates the sexual abuse of boys. Through promoting a sociological perspective on child abuse rather than an individualized and pathologized approach, I consider how the institutions of childhood, masculinity, and sports fit together and the contribution that sports make to the adult-child relation. I use Spiegel's ecosystems model of the sexually abused male (SAM) and the sociology of sports literature to identify how some normative features of male sports contribute to the sexual abuse of male children

Child abuse · Child sexual abuse · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Geography · Hegemonic masculinity · Masculinity · Normative · Perspective (graphical · Physical abuse · Poison control · Political science · Sexual abuse · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sport Psychology and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society

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Citations per year2,27
Citation span2011 - 2026 (16)
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