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Direct linkAnne Schmitt; Matthew Atencio; Margo Curschellas – Sport, Education and Society, 2025
The provision of sports opportunities for youths in schools has expanded beyond traditional competitive offerings, with activities such as skateboarding and surfing now considered important avenues for youth development. This trend follows the recent expansion of action or 'lifestyle' sports provision into various community and educational…
Descriptors: Sex, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, Athletics
Light, Richard – Sport, Education and Society, 2008
This paper draws on research conducted on a Tokyo high school rugby club to explore diversity in the masculinities formed through membership in the club. Based on the premise that particular forms of masculinity are expressed and learnt through ways of playing (game style) and the attendant regimes of training, it examines the expression and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Clubs, Masculinity, Team Sports
Hickey, Chris – Sport, Education and Society, 2008
Among widening social anxieties about practices and performances of contemporary masculinity are questions about the place of hyper-masculine (contact) sports, such as games of football. Foremost are concerns about some of the values and attitudes that appear to circulate within such contexts. With their historical leaning towards character…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Athletics, Masculinity, Team Sports
Millington, Brad; Vertinsky, Patricia; Boyle, Ellexis; Wilson, Brian – Sport, Education and Society, 2008
Our paper illustrates how males of Chinese descent in British Columbia (BC) have historically been victims of overt and subtle forms of discrimination, and describes how racism is and was integrally linked to notions of class, gender and the body. Highlighted in our historical overview are issues around race and masculinity for Chinese males as…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Gender Discrimination
Sykes, Heather – Sport, Education and Society, 2007
The article uses an episode from the television series "The Sopranos" to illustrate how embodied experiences of sporting practices such as high-school football involve both conscious and unconscious dynamics. It outlines how cultural practices such as masculinist sport are psychically incorporated into the body through the process of…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Fantasy, Identification, Teaching Methods
Rave, Jose Maria Gonzalez; Perez, Luis Miguel Ruiz; Poyatos, Maria Carrasco – Sport, Education and Society, 2007
The objective of this study was to analyse sex stereotypes in Spanish high-school students. Three hundred boys and girls from 12 to 17 years old participated in this study by completing a 41-item survey about their preferences for different body types. The survey was applied using a set of visual triggers. Analysis of data showed that body…
Descriptors: High School Students, Teaching Methods, Self Concept, Surveys
