Open AccessOmsorgskapital i idrætten
Author(s) -
Ulla Habermann,
Laila Ottesen
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
dansk sociologi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2246-4026
pISSN - 0905-5908
DOI - 10.22439/dansoc.v15i2.236
Subject(s) - value (mathematics) , social capital , civil society , public relations , capital (architecture) , work (physics) , sociology , voluntary association , political science , gender studies , social science , law , engineering , politics , mechanical engineering , archaeology , machine learning , computer science , history
Ulla Habermann og Laila Ottesen: Care-capital in sports organisations
During the 18th and 19th century, sport was invented by and for men. Although women’s participation in sport activities in Denmark has increased since then and approaches the level of men’s involvement, women’s presence on the executive and decision making bodies of sports organisations is still limited. In 2003, women filled only 1/3 of the decision-making positions in sports organisations. Women and men choose different sports and different ways of organising their activities; and too, the way women and men take part in voluntary work in sports organisations differs substantially. This is a general societal pattern: women’s participation in civil society takes a different path from men’s. Here women often undertake a caring role; and they are over-represented i n humanitarian, religious and social organisations. This article discusses how this traditional female role is seemingly repeated in sports organisations and some reasons for this. In doing this, the article emphasises the value of the idea of “care-capital“, understood as a crucial part of social capital in seeking an understanding of women’s role in sports organisations.