'Dressage Is Full of Queens!' Masculinity, Sexuality and Equestrian Sport

Sociology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1109-1124

  Dashper, Katherine ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

equestrian; gender integration; homophobia; inclusive masculinity; sexuality; sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871373915     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038512437898     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Adams A,Anderson E,McCormack M.Establishing and challenging masculinity: Gendered discourses in organised sport.Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 2010;29 (3): 278-300.
2. Adler PA,Adler PMembership Roles in Field Research. London: Sage; 1987:.
3. Anderson E.Openly gay athletes: Contesting hegemonic masculinity in a homophobic environment.Gender and Society. 2002;16 (6): 850-77.
4. Anderson EIn the Game: Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press; 2005a:.
5. Anderson E.Orthodox and inclusive masculinity: Competing masculinities among heterosexual men in a feminized terrain.Sociological Perspectives. 2005b;48 (3): 337-55.
6. Anderson E.'I used to think women were weak': Orthodox masculinity, gender segregation, and sport.Sociological Forum. 2008;23 (2): 257-80.
7. Anderson EInclusive Masculinity: The Changing Nature of Masculinities. Abingdon: Routledge; 2009a:.
8. Anderson E.The maintenance of masculinity among the stakeholders of sport.Sport Management Review. 2009b;12:3-14.
9. Anderson E.Updating the outcome: Gay athletes, straight teams and coming out in educationally based sport teams.Gender and Society. 2011a;25 (2): 250-68.
10. Anderson E.Masculinities and sexualities in sport and physical cultures: Three decades of evolving research.Journal of Homosexuality. 2011b;58:565-78.
11. Anderson E,McGuire R.Inclusive masculinity theory and the gendered politics of men's rugby.Journal of Gender Studies. 2010;19 (3): 249-61.
12. Survey. Wetherby: BETA Produce Study Group; 2006:.
13. British Horse Industry Confederation (2009) Size and Scope of the Equine Sector. Available at: http://www.bhic.co.uk/downloads/sizescope.pdf (accessed 11 March 2011).
14. Birke L.Learning to speak horse': The culture of 'natural horsemanship.Society and Animals. 2007;15:217-39.
15. Birke L,Brandt K.Mutual corporeality: Gender and human/horse relationships.Women's Studies International Forum. 2009;32:189-97.
16. British Social Attitudes (2010) Social Attitudes Survey 26. Available at: http://www.britsocat.com (accessed 6 May 2010).
17. Butler JBodies that Matter: On the Discursive Limits of 'Sex'. New York: Routledge; 1993:.
18. Cassidy RThe Sport of Kings: Kinship, Class and Thoroughbred Breeding in Newmarket. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2002:.
19. Connell RWGender and Power. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press; 1987:.
20. Connell RWSport, Men and the Gender Order: Critical Feminist Perspectives. Messner MASabo DF, ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics; 1990:83-96.
21. Crawford G,Gosling VK.The myth of the 'puck bunny': Female fans and men's ice hockey.Sociology. 2004;38 (8): 477-93.
22. Griffin PStrong Women, Deep Closets: Lesbians and Homophobia in Sport. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics; 1998:.
23. Hekma G.'As long as they don't make an issue of it.': Gay men and lesbians in organized sport in the Netherlands.Journal of Homosexuality. 1998;35 (1): 1-23.
24. Hinojosa R.Doing hegemony: Military, men and constructing a hegemonic masculinity.Journal of Men's Studies. 2010;18 (2): 179-94.
25. Jackson S.Gender, sexuality and heterosexuality: The complexity (and limits) of heteronormativity.Feminist Theory. 2006;7 (1): 105-21.
26. McCormack M.The declining significance of homohysteria for male students in three sixth forms in the south of England.British Educational Research Journal. 2011;37 (2): 337-53.
27. McCormack M,Anderson E.'It's just not acceptable any more': The erosion of homophobia and the softening of masculinity at an English sixth form.Sociology. 2010a;44 (5): 843-59.
28. McCormack M,Anderson E.The reproduction of homosexually-themed discourse in educationally-based sport.Culture, Health & Society. 2010b;12 (8): 913-27.
29. McDonagh E,Pappano LPlaying with the Boys: Why Separate is not Equal in Sports. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2008:.
30. Mangan JAAthleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian Public School: The Emergence and Consolidation of an Educational Ideology. 2000) Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian Public School: The Emergence and Consolidation of an Educational Ideology, 2nd edn.Abingdon: Routledge.Abingdon: Routledge; 2000:.
31. Messner MAPower at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity. Boston, MA: Beacon Press; 1992:.
32. Messner MATaking the Field: Women, Men and Sports. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press; 2002:.
33. Pettigrew TF.Inter-group contact theory.Annual Review of Psychology. 1998;49:65-85.
34. Price M,Parker A.Sport, sexuality and the gender order: Amateur rugby union, gay men and social exclusion.Sociology of Sport Journal. 2003;20:108-26.
35. Pringle R.Masculinities, sport and power: A critical comparison of Gramscian and Foucauldian inspired theoretical tools.Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 2005;29:256-78.
36. Pronger BThe Arena of Masculinity: Sports, Homosexuality and the Meaning of Sex. London: GMP Publishers; 1990:.
37. Riedi E.Brains or polo? Equestrian sport, army reform and the 'gentlemanly officer tradition', 1900-1914.Journal for the Society of Army Historical Research. 2006;84:236-53.
38. Schippers M.Recovering the feminine Other: Masculinity, femininity and gender hegemony.Theory and Society. 2007;36 (1): 85-102.
39. Seidman SQueer Theory/Sociology. Seidman S, ed. Oxford: Blackwell; 1996:1-29.
40. Smith JD,Mancoske RJRural Gays and Lesbians: Building on the Strength of Communities. Binghampton, NY: Haworth Press; 1997:.
41. Streitmatter RFrom 'Perverts' to 'Fab Five': The Media's Changing Depiction of Gay Men and Lesbians. New York: Routledge; 2009:.
42. Sykes HSport, Sexualities and Queer/Theory. Caudwell J, ed. Abingdon: Routledge; 2006:13-23.
43. ThomasG (2011) Gareth Thomas: Steven Davies can play with freedom now he has come out as gay. The Telegraph, 23February. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/8350630 (accessed 4 March 2011).
44. Trujillo NReading Sport: Critical Essays on Power and Representation. Birrell SMcDonald MG, ed. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press; 2000:14-39.
45. Wedgwood N.'Court' in the act: The informal reproduction of male power in pennant squash.Sporting Traditions. 1996;13 (1): 43-59.
46. Wedgwood NMale Trouble: Looking at Australian Masculinities. Tomsen SDonaldson M, ed. Melbourne: Pluto Press; 2003:180-99.
47. Wolf-Wendel LE,Toma JD,Morphew C.How much difference is too much difference? Perceptions of gay men and lesbians in intercollegiate athletics.Journal of College Student Development. 2001;42 (5): 465-79.