Gender Attitudes and Sexual Behaviors

Comparing Center and Marginal Athletes and Nonathletes in a Collegiate Setting

Bibliographic Data

ID12437203
AuthorsElizabeth Ann Gage (Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center)
Year2008
Volume14
Issue9
Pages1014-1032
Publication date2008-08-14
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801208321987
PMID18703773
OpenAlexW2133569114
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited20

This research examines the impact of participating in different sports on male athletes' gender attitudes, hegemonic masculinity, sexual behavior, and sexual aggression. Expanding on past research that compares athletes with nonathletes, this research finds differences between collegiate athletes and men who do not participate in collegiate sports, as well as between men who play different collegiate sports. Athletes in center sports (such as football) scored significantly higher on hyper-masculinity scales, had lower attitudes toward women, and displayed more sexual aggression and more sexual activity than men who competed in marginal sports (e.g., track and field) or not at all

Aggression · Athletes · Basketball · Football · Hegemonic masculinity · Injury prevention · Masculinity · Medical emergency · Physical therapy · Poison control · Political science · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society

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