Don't Be Gay, Dude! How the Institution of Sport Reinforces Homophobeia
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https://doi.org/10.29173/cons10495Abstract
Kelsey Lucyk analyzes how the media and the institution of sport have entrenched certain ideals about masculinity meanwhile reinforcing homophobic attitudes towards gender roles in sports. This article focusses primarily on analyzing Canadian sports and makes use of the concept of muscular Christianity to explain hegemonic masculinity as found in the Canadian institution of sport.
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2011-06-07
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Lucyk, K. (2011). Don’t Be Gay, Dude! How the Institution of Sport Reinforces Homophobeia. Constellations, 2(2), 66–80. https://doi.org/10.29173/cons10495
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Gender History