Sexual harassment in sport toward females in three European countries

Bibliographic Data

ID7822012
AuthorsKari Fasting (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences), Stiliani Chroni (University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece), Stein Egil Kolderup Hervik (0000-0001-7811-8103), Stein Egil Hervik (Hedmark University College, Norway), Nada Knorre (Czech Olympic Committee, Czech Republic)
Year2011
Volume46
Issue1
Pages76-89
Publication date2011-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1012690210376295
OpenAlexW2093555170
LanguageEN
Citations received29
References cited19

This article presents data from a cross-cultural study titled ‘Gender Relations in Sport — The Experiences of Czech, Greek, and Norwegian Female Sport Students’. The main research question asked is: what are the amounts and the forms of male and female sexual harassment experienced in a sport setting by female sport students in Czech Republic, Greece, and Norway? Women ( N = 616) who were studying in sport departments of academic institutions in the three countries participated in the study. The results show that 34 percent of the students had experienced sexually harassing behavior from a man and 12 percent from a woman. Experiences of sexually harassing behaviors from both men and women were reported more often in the Czech Republic and Greece than in Norway.The form of sexual harassment the participants reported experiencing the most was ‘repeated unwanted sexual glances, etc.’ (22%). The difference between female and male harassment is discussed in relation to patriarchal power. The overall differences between countries are discussed in relation to the three countries’ gender orders, gender equality laws as well as the anti-sexual harassment laws inside and outside sport organizations

Athletes · Czech · Harassment · Norwegian · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Legal Issues in Education · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology · Sports, Gender, and Society

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