Shaking It Off" and "Toughing It Out
Socialization to Pain and Injury in Girls’ Softball
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2365201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy L Malcom (0000-0002-1160-0568, Georgia Southern University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 495-525 |
| Publication date | 2006-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0891241605283571 |
| OpenAlex | W2123045496 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 46 |
Ignoring injuries and playing through pain are expected in organized sports. But how do novice athletes learn these social norms? Using participant-observation research focusing on adolescent girls who participated in recreational softball, this study reveals how the clash of norms between traditional femininity and the sport ethic sheds light on the socialization process. In addition to shaking off their own injuries, coaches ignored the girls' complaints, made jokes when the girls experienced some pain, and told them directly to shake off their minor injuries. Even though many of the girls entered the activity with traditionally feminine attitudes toward pain, most conformed to the norms of the sport ethic and learned to deal with pain and injuries by "shaking them off" and "toughing them out." Those girls who were more enthusiastic about playing softball and who displayed stronger commitments to the softball-player identity were more likely to display these norms
Aesthetics · Art · Athletes · Femininity · Humanities · Identity (music · Minor (academic · Physical therapy · Psychoanalysis · Recreation · Socialization · Medicine · Physical Education and Pedagogy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,32 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |