Mary Jo Kane
Biographic Data
| ID | 153475 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Jo Kane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary Jo |
| FAMILY NAME | Kane |
| SIGNATURE | KANE M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | International College of Applied Kinesiology-USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 227 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
The Better Sportswomen Get, the More the Media Ignore Them
In this commentary on Cooky, Messner, and Hextrum’s (2013) article “Women Play Sport, but not on TV: A Longitudinal Study of Televised News Media,” Mary Jo Kane assesses key findings in light of the changes that have taken place in women’s participation and achievement in sport as well as the central tendencies of sport journalists and broadcasters. Kane’s analysis explores the dynamic tensions at play in cultural sensibilities about interest in …
Exploring Elite Female Athletes’ Interpretations of Sport Media Images
Scholars have produced a body of evidence demonstrating media portrayals of sportswomen emphasize femininity/heterosexuality versus athletic competence and argue that such coverage trivializes women’s sports. Little research attention has been given to how these portrayals are interpreted by various audiences, including female athletes. This study explores how elite female athletes respond to the ways they are represented within sport media. We e…
Intercollegiate Media Guides as Contested Terrain
In the aftermath of the passage of Title IX, Michael Messner laid the theoretical groundwork for what was at stake as a result of this landmark legislation. He argued that women’s entrance into sport marked a quest for equality and thus represented a challenge to male domination. He further argued that media representations of athletic females were a powerful vehicle for subverting any counterhegemonic potential posed by sportswomen. Scholars sho…
Sexual Stories as Resistance Narratives in Women’s Sports
Previous research has relied on the personal narratives of female coaches and athletes to generate knowledge related to homophobia in women’s athletics. We suggest that the body of knowledge generated from these investigations has served to construct a meta story of victimization surrounding women’s sport experiences. We make this claim primarily around theoretical frameworks that link a final, liberating stage of development with being explicitl…
Fictional Denials of Female Empowerment
Scholars have argued that sport is a highly gendered space where dominant and subordinate groups engage in struggles of resistance and counter-resistance. There are two limitations with this research. First, the majority of investigations have been confined to adult women; examinations of adolescent females are virtually nonexistent. Second, most research has focused on print and broadcast journalism. The influence of one important medium—young a…
When a Looker Is Really a Bitch
Resistance/Transformation of the Oppositional Binary
Sexual Violence and the Reproduction of Male Power in the Locker Room
Numerous media commentators have deemed the sexual harassment locker room incident between Lisa Olson and the New England Patriots to be an embarrassing case of mismanagement. Our analysis challenges this popular assumption; we argue that the event represents an overt manifestation of male power by means of sexual violence against women. The response to Olson suggests that in an era where women’s entry into sport has challenged men’s exclusive ho…
Structural Variables That Offer Explanatory Power for the Underrepresentation of Women Coaches Since Title IX
The dramatic decline of women coaches since Title IX has been well documented. This investigation examined how homologous reproduction has influenced the proportion of female to male head coaches within the historical context of Title IX. Homologous reproduction is a process whereby dominants reproduce themselves based on social and/or physical characteristics. Therefore the employment relationship between sex of athletic director and sex of head…
Employment Patterns of Female Coaches in Men's Athletics
Although a number of studies have investigated the decline of female coaches in women's athletics since Title IX, few have examined the impact of this landmark legislation on females employed in men's athletics. Therefore, this paper investigated the employment patterns of female coaches in men's interscholastic sports within the historical context of Title IX. Two theoretical constructs from occupational sex- segregation literature--tokenism and…
Sex Differences and the Use of Leisure as Adaptive Potentiation
While sex-differences in leisure-related behavior are well-established, recent research suggests that participation in the same leisure-related activities and assumption of the same leisure orientations may have different psychological significance for females than for males. In this paper, the gender-specific developmental potential of leisure activities is considered, with special attention to the case of sport. Evidence implying that girls and…
Resistance/Transformation of the Oppositional Binary
Exploring Elite Female Athletes’ Interpretations of Sport Media Images
Scholars have produced a body of evidence demonstrating media portrayals of sportswomen emphasize femininity/heterosexuality versus athletic competence and argue that such coverage trivializes women’s sports. Little research attention has been given to how these portrayals are interpreted by various audiences, including female athletes. This study explores how elite female athletes respond to the ways they are represented within sport media. We e…
Sexual Violence and the Reproduction of Male Power in the Locker Room
Numerous media commentators have deemed the sexual harassment locker room incident between Lisa Olson and the New England Patriots to be an embarrassing case of mismanagement. Our analysis challenges this popular assumption; we argue that the event represents an overt manifestation of male power by means of sexual violence against women. The response to Olson suggests that in an era where women’s entry into sport has challenged men’s exclusive ho…
Structural Variables That Offer Explanatory Power for the Underrepresentation of Women Coaches Since Title IX
The dramatic decline of women coaches since Title IX has been well documented. This investigation examined how homologous reproduction has influenced the proportion of female to male head coaches within the historical context of Title IX. Homologous reproduction is a process whereby dominants reproduce themselves based on social and/or physical characteristics. Therefore the employment relationship between sex of athletic director and sex of head…
Sexual Stories as Resistance Narratives in Women’s Sports
Previous research has relied on the personal narratives of female coaches and athletes to generate knowledge related to homophobia in women’s athletics. We suggest that the body of knowledge generated from these investigations has served to construct a meta story of victimization surrounding women’s sport experiences. We make this claim primarily around theoretical frameworks that link a final, liberating stage of development with being explicitl…
The Better Sportswomen Get, the More the Media Ignore Them
In this commentary on Cooky, Messner, and Hextrum’s (2013) article “Women Play Sport, but not on TV: A Longitudinal Study of Televised News Media,” Mary Jo Kane assesses key findings in light of the changes that have taken place in women’s participation and achievement in sport as well as the central tendencies of sport journalists and broadcasters. Kane’s analysis explores the dynamic tensions at play in cultural sensibilities about interest in …
Employment Patterns of Female Coaches in Men's Athletics
Although a number of studies have investigated the decline of female coaches in women's athletics since Title IX, few have examined the impact of this landmark legislation on females employed in men's athletics. Therefore, this paper investigated the employment patterns of female coaches in men's interscholastic sports within the historical context of Title IX. Two theoretical constructs from occupational sex- segregation literature--tokenism and…
Intercollegiate Media Guides as Contested Terrain
In the aftermath of the passage of Title IX, Michael Messner laid the theoretical groundwork for what was at stake as a result of this landmark legislation. He argued that women’s entrance into sport marked a quest for equality and thus represented a challenge to male domination. He further argued that media representations of athletic females were a powerful vehicle for subverting any counterhegemonic potential posed by sportswomen. Scholars sho…
Fictional Denials of Female Empowerment
Scholars have argued that sport is a highly gendered space where dominant and subordinate groups engage in struggles of resistance and counter-resistance. There are two limitations with this research. First, the majority of investigations have been confined to adult women; examinations of adolescent females are virtually nonexistent. Second, most research has focused on print and broadcast journalism. The influence of one important medium—young a…
Sex Differences and the Use of Leisure as Adaptive Potentiation
While sex-differences in leisure-related behavior are well-established, recent research suggests that participation in the same leisure-related activities and assumption of the same leisure orientations may have different psychological significance for females than for males. In this paper, the gender-specific developmental potential of leisure activities is considered, with special attention to the case of sport. Evidence implying that girls and…
Sex Differences and the Use of Leisure as Adaptive Potentiation
While sex-differences in leisure-related behavior are well-established, recent research suggests that participation in the same leisure-related activities and assumption of the same leisure orientations may have different psychological significance for females than for males. In this paper, the gender-specific developmental potential of leisure activities is considered, with special attention to the case of sport. Evidence implying that girls and…
Structural Variables That Offer Explanatory Power for the Underrepresentation of Women Coaches Since Title IX
The dramatic decline of women coaches since Title IX has been well documented. This investigation examined how homologous reproduction has influenced the proportion of female to male head coaches within the historical context of Title IX. Homologous reproduction is a process whereby dominants reproduce themselves based on social and/or physical characteristics. Therefore the employment relationship between sex of athletic director and sex of head…
Employment Patterns of Female Coaches in Men's Athletics
Although a number of studies have investigated the decline of female coaches in women's athletics since Title IX, few have examined the impact of this landmark legislation on females employed in men's athletics. Therefore, this paper investigated the employment patterns of female coaches in men's interscholastic sports within the historical context of Title IX. Two theoretical constructs from occupational sex- segregation literature--tokenism and…
Sexual Violence and the Reproduction of Male Power in the Locker Room
Numerous media commentators have deemed the sexual harassment locker room incident between Lisa Olson and the New England Patriots to be an embarrassing case of mismanagement. Our analysis challenges this popular assumption; we argue that the event represents an overt manifestation of male power by means of sexual violence against women. The response to Olson suggests that in an era where women’s entry into sport has challenged men’s exclusive ho…
Resistance/Transformation of the Oppositional Binary
When a Looker Is Really a Bitch
Fictional Denials of Female Empowerment
Scholars have argued that sport is a highly gendered space where dominant and subordinate groups engage in struggles of resistance and counter-resistance. There are two limitations with this research. First, the majority of investigations have been confined to adult women; examinations of adolescent females are virtually nonexistent. Second, most research has focused on print and broadcast journalism. The influence of one important medium—young a…
Sexual Stories as Resistance Narratives in Women’s Sports
Previous research has relied on the personal narratives of female coaches and athletes to generate knowledge related to homophobia in women’s athletics. We suggest that the body of knowledge generated from these investigations has served to construct a meta story of victimization surrounding women’s sport experiences. We make this claim primarily around theoretical frameworks that link a final, liberating stage of development with being explicitl…
Intercollegiate Media Guides as Contested Terrain
In the aftermath of the passage of Title IX, Michael Messner laid the theoretical groundwork for what was at stake as a result of this landmark legislation. He argued that women’s entrance into sport marked a quest for equality and thus represented a challenge to male domination. He further argued that media representations of athletic females were a powerful vehicle for subverting any counterhegemonic potential posed by sportswomen. Scholars sho…
The Better Sportswomen Get, the More the Media Ignore Them
In this commentary on Cooky, Messner, and Hextrum’s (2013) article “Women Play Sport, but not on TV: A Longitudinal Study of Televised News Media,” Mary Jo Kane assesses key findings in light of the changes that have taken place in women’s participation and achievement in sport as well as the central tendencies of sport journalists and broadcasters. Kane’s analysis explores the dynamic tensions at play in cultural sensibilities about interest in …
Exploring Elite Female Athletes’ Interpretations of Sport Media Images
Scholars have produced a body of evidence demonstrating media portrayals of sportswomen emphasize femininity/heterosexuality versus athletic competence and argue that such coverage trivializes women’s sports. Little research attention has been given to how these portrayals are interpreted by various audiences, including female athletes. This study explores how elite female athletes respond to the ways they are represented within sport media. We e…
Sociology (10 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (10 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (10 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works)