Women’s Soccer in the United States and the Netherlands

Differences and Similarities in Regimes of Inequalities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12082425
AutoresAnnelies Knoppers (0000-0001-5247-9488, 1University of Utrecht, autor de correspondencia), Anton Anthonissen (1University of Utrecht)
Año2003
Volumen20
Número4
Páginas351-370
Fecha de publicación2003-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology of Sport Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0741-1235 • E-ISSN: 1543-2785
EditorialHuman Kinetics (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1123/ssj.20.4.351
OpenAlexW2145164266
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas24
Referencias citadas22

Gender, class, and sexuality are intersecting categories of inequality and also social forces that shape meanings given to organizations, social institutions, identities, and images. The authors use Acker’s (2000) concept “regimes of inequality” to explore how gender, specifically masculinities, intersects with social class and sexuality in women’s soccer. The extent to which social relations are also situational and culturally specific can be revealed in part with the use of comparative studies. The story of women’s soccer in the Netherlands is one of struggle for resources, acceptance, visibility, and legitimization with little result, while in the United States that same struggle has resulted in visibility and the establishment of a professional women’s soccer league. In this article the authors explore several regimes of inequality that shape women’s soccer using cross-cultural comparisons

Class (philosophy · Gender inequality · Geography · Human sexuality · Inequality · League · Political science · Situational ethics · Social class · Social inequality · Sociology · Sociology of sport · Visibility · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society