Between gymshoes and high-heels - The development of a lesbian identity and existence in top class sport

Bibliographic Data

ID2379219
AuthorsBirgit Palzkill (Körnerstraße 10.5000 Köln 30), Angela Fisher
Year1990
Volume25
Issue3
Pages221-234
Publication date1990-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/101269029002500304
OpenAlexW2085194404
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited1

The sports system, which orientates itself according to male values and norms, is in many ways in contradiction to the characterisation of the female sex role. Through participation in this male domain of sport, top sportswomen attempt to escape being reduced to the narrow female role. On the other hand, they are then plunged into being torn between being a sportsperson and being a woman, a situation which has a strong influence upon the sporting career and upon the development of personality as a whole. The development of an identity and existence as a lesbian woman is shown to be a dissolution of, and a mastering strategy for this specific inner strife

Aesthetics · Art · Contradiction · Epistemology · Lesbian · Personality · Sociology · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Physical Education and Pedagogy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society

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